English poem
Hymn CCXXX. Common Metre. The Hope of Heaven
by Anonymous
Soon shall this earthly frame dissolv'd In death and ruin lie; But better mansions wait the just, Prepar'd above the sky.
An house eternal built by God, Shall lodge the holy mind, When once the prison-walls are broke In which 'tis now confin'd.
Such are the hopes that cheer the just, These hopes their God hath given; His spirit is the earnest now, And seals their souls for heaven.
What faith rejoices to believe We long and pant to see; We would be absent from the flesh, And present Lord with thee.
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- Hymn CCXXV. Common Metre
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- Hymn CCXXVIII. Long Metre. On the Death of a Child
- Hymn CCXXXV. Short Metre. The Law and Gospel
- Hymn CCXXXVII. Long Metre
- HYMN CI. The Remembrance of Christ in the Supper
- Hymn CIII. Common Metre. Walking in Darkness and Trusting in God