They sang a new song, saying,
Revelation 5:9You are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.
Words: D. E. Goodhart, in The Brilliant, by William T. Giffe (Indianapolis, Indiana, 1874), number 16.
Music: Kaboo J. H. Leslie (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Goodhart or Leslie’s full name, or where to get good photos of them (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Come let us sing of Heaven,
That glorious home above;
Where Jesus reigns forever,
And all is light and love;
Where golden harps are ringing
In sweet melodious lays,
And angel choirs are singing
Their songs of grateful praise.
Come let us sing of Heaven,
That happy land so fair,
Beyond death’s gloomy river,
No sorrow enters there;
Within the shining portals
The saints and angels meet;
They cast their crowns of glory
Beneath the Savior’s feet.
They praise the God of Heaven,
Their sovereign they adore;
Their hymns of loud hosannas
Shall ring forevermore–
And when we reach that haven
Of our immortal rest,
We’ll join the heav’nly chorus,
And be forever blest.