Scripture Verse

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. 1 Corinthians 2:9

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns for Child­ren 1763.

Music: Brom­ley (Lon­don), in the Lon­don Tune Book, before 1895 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Where shall true believers go,
When from the flesh they fly?
Glorious joys ordained to know,
They mount above the sky,
To that bright celestial place;
There they shall in raptures live,
More than tongue can e’er express,
Or heart can e’er conceive.

When they once are entered there,
Their mourning days are o’er,
Pain, and sin, and want, and care,
And sighing are no more;
Subject then to no decay,
Heavenly bodies they put on,
Swifter than the lightning’s ray,
And brighter than the sun.

But their greatest happiness,
Their highest joy, shall be,
God their Sav­ior to possess,
To know, and love, and see;
With that beatific sight
Glorious ecstasy is given;
This is their supreme delight,
And makes a heaven of Hea­ven.