Scripture Verse

And there shall be no night there. Revelation 22:5

Introduction

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Ray Palmer (1808–1887)

Words: Ray Pal­mer, 1858.

Music: Che­nan­go F. L. Brown. Ar­ranged in The New Laud­es Do­mi­ni, ed­it­ed by Charles S. Ro­bin­son & Ed­ward Jud­son (New York: Cen­tu­ry Com­pa­ny, 1892), page 477 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

Lord, Thou wilt bring the joy­ful day!
Beyond earth’s wea­ri­ness and pains,
Thou hast a man­sion far away,
Where for Thine own a rest re­mains.

No sun there climbs the morn­ing sky,
There ne­ver falls the shade of night,
God and the Lamb, for ev­er nigh,
O’er all shed ev­er­last­ing light.

The bow of mer­cy spans the throne,
Emblem of love and good­ness there;
While notes to mor­tals all un­known
Float on the calm, ce­les­ti­al air.

Around the throne bright le­gions stand,
Redeemed by blood from sin and hell;
And shin­ing forms, an an­gel band,
The migh­ty chor­us join to swell.

There, Lord, Thy way-worn saints shall find
The bliss for which they longed be­fore;
And ho­li­est sym­pa­thies shall bind
Thine own to Thee for ev­er­more.

O Je­sus, bring us to that rest,
Where all the ran­somed shall be found,
In Thine eter­nal full­ness blest,
While ag­es roll their cy­cles round.