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Christ the Victorious
Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #813 (1995) Meter: 11.10.11.9 Topics: Death and Life to Come; Life to Come First Line: Christ the Victorious, give to your servants Lyrics: 1 Christ the Victorious, give to your servants
rest with your saints in the regions of light.
Grief and pain ended, and sighing no longer,
there may they find everlasting life.
2 Only Immortal One, Mighty Creator!
We are your creatures and children of earth.
From earth you formed us, both glorious and mortal,
and to the earth shall we all return.
3 God-spoken prophecy, word at creation:
"You came from dust and to dust shall return."
Yet at the grave shall we raise up our glad song,
"Alleluia, alleluia!"
4 Christ the Victorious, give to your servants
rest with your saints in the regions of light.
Grief and pain ended, and sighing no longer,
there may they find everlasting life. Scripture: Revelation 7:9-17 Languages: English Tune Title: RUSSIAN HYMN
Christ the Victorious
In Heav'n Above
Author: Laurentius L. Laurinus, 1573-1655; William Maccall, 1812-1888 Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #810 (1995) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.6 Topics: Death and Life to Come; Life to Come First Line: In heav'n above, in heav'n above Lyrics: 1 In heav'n above, in heav'n above,
where God our Father dwells;
how boundless there the blessedness!
No tongue its greatness tells.
There face to face and full and free,
the everliving God we see,
our God, the Lord of hosts!
2 In heav'n above, in heav'n above,
what glory deep and bright!
The splendor of the noonday sun
grows pale before its light.
The mighty sun that goes not down,
before whose face clouds never frown,
is God, the Lord of hosts!
3 In heav'n above, in heav'n above,
no tears of pain are shed,
for nothing there can fade or die;
life’s fullness round is spread,
and like an ocean joy o’erflows,
and with immortal mercy glows
our God, the Lord of hosts!
4 In heav'n above, in heav'n above,
God has a joy prepared,
which mortal ear has never heard,
nor mortal vision shared,
which never entered mortal thought,
in mortal dreams was never sought,
O God, the Lord of hosts! Scripture: Revelation 21 Languages: English Tune Title: I HIMMELEN, I HIMMELEN
In Heav'n Above
Jerusalem the Golden
Author: Bernard of Cluny; John M. Neale Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #814 (1995) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Death and Life to Come; Life to Come Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem the golden,
descending from above,
the city of God's presence,
the vision of God's love -
I know not, O I know not
what joys await us there,
what radiancy of glory,
what bliss beyond compare!
2 They stand, those halls of Zion,
all jubilant with song,
so bright with many an angel,
And all the martyr throng.
The Prince is ever in them,
the daylight is serene;
the tree of life and healing
has leaves of richest green.
3 There is the throne of David,
and there, from pain released,
the shout of those who triumph,
the song of those who feast.
And all who with their leader
have conquered in the fight,
forever and forever
are robed in purest white.
4 How lovely is that city,
the home of God's elect!
How beautiful the country
that eager hearts expect!
O Christ, in mercy bring us
to that eternal shore
where Father, Son, and Spirit
are worshiped evermore. Scripture: Joshua 5:6 Languages: English Tune Title: EWING
Jerusalem the Golden
Rest in Peace
Author: Fred Pratt Green Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #809 (1995) Meter: 8.8.7.7.8.3.3.8 Topics: Death and Life to Come; Life to Come First Line: Rest in peace, earth's journey ended Lyrics: 1 Rest in peace, earth's journey ended,
you whom Christ redeemed, defended:
to the place where saints are one
safely brought by him alone.
May he grant us like protection,
rest in peace,
rest in peace,
rest in peace, earth's journey ended.
2 Happy soul, to Christ united,
calmer now and clearer sighted:
your new journey now begins,
freed from earth's besetting sins.
Pressing on towards perfection,
happy soul,
happy soul,
happy soul, to Christ united.
3 May we meet, dear Lord, in heaven,
each forgiving and forgiven;
each more gifted to pursue
all you have for us to do.
By your Spirit's sure direction
may we meet,
may we meet,
may we meet, dear Lord, in heaven. Scripture: John 14:1-14 Languages: English Tune Title: MOEHR
Rest in Peace
Make My Calling and Election
Author: Christian Gregor; Frederick William Foster; George H. Loskiel, 1740-1813; John Swertner Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #808 (1995) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7.7 Topics: Death and Life to Come; Life to Come Lyrics: 1 Make my calling and election,
Jesus, ev'ry day more sure;
keep me under your direction,
till I, through almighty pow'r,
unto endless glory raised
in your mansions shall be placed,
when in you I end my race,
weeping shall forever cease.
2 Amen, yea, my lasting praises,
Jesus, unto you are giv'n,
that a place by you prepared
is for me secured in heav'n;
blessed my case, O truly blessed,
when to heav'nly glory raised,
I from pain and sorrow free
in your presence safe shall be. Scripture: 2 Peter 1:10 Languages: English Tune Title: ZURICH
Make My Calling and Election
How happy every child of grace
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-88) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #880 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come Lyrics: 1 How happy every child of grace
Who knows his sins forgiven!
This earth, he cries, is not my place,
I seek my place in Heaven,
A country far from mortal sight;
Yet, O by faith, I see
The land of rest, the saints’ delight,
The Heaven prepared for me!
2 A stranger in the world below,
I calmly sojourn here;
Nor can its happiness or woe
Provoke my hope or fear.
Its evils in a moment end,
Its joys as soon are past;
But O the bliss to which I tend
Eternally shall last!
3 To that Jerusalem above
With singing I repair;
While in the flesh, my hope and love,
My heart and soul, are there;
There my exalted Saviour stands,
My merciful high priest,
And still extends his wounded hands
To me, of saints the least.
4 Then let me joyfully remove
That fuller life to share;
I shall not lose my friends above,
But more enjoy them there.
There we in Jesus’ praise shall join,
His boundless love proclaim,
And sing the everlasting song
Of Moses and the Lamb.
Languages: English
How happy every child of grace
Come, You Thankful People, Come
Author: Henry Alford Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #450 (1995) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Topics: Life to Come Lyrics: 1 Come, you thankful people, come,
raise the song of harvest-home;
all is safely gathered in,
ere the winter storms begin;
God, our Maker, does provide
for our needs to be supplied;
come with all his people, come,
raise the song of harvest-home.
2 All the world is God's own field,
fruit unto his praise to yield,
wheat and weeds together sown,
unto joy or sorrow grown;
first the blade, and then the ear,
then the full corn shall appear:
Lord of harvest, grant that we
wholesome grain and pure may be.
3 For the Lord our God shall come,
and shall take his harvest-home;
he himself in that great day
all offense shall take away,
give his angels charge at last
in the fire the weeds to cast,
but the fruitful ears to store
in his storehouse evermore.
4 Even so, Lord, quickly come,
to your final harvest-home:
gather all your people in,
free from sorrow, free from sin,
there forever purified
in your presence to abide.
Come, with all your angels, come,
raise the glorious harvest-home! Scripture: Genesis 8:21-22 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR
Come, You Thankful People, Come
"Till He Come!"
Author: Edward Henry Bickersteth Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #413 (1995) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: Life to Come First Line: "Till he come!" O let the words Lyrics: 1 "Till he come!" O let the words
linger on the trembling chords;
let the "little while" between
in their golden light be seen;
let us think how heav'n and home
lie beyond that "Till he come."
2 See, the feast of love is spread,
drink the wine and break the bread -
sweet memorials - till the Lord
call us round his heav'nly board;
some from earth, from glory some,
severed only "Till he come!" Scripture: John 16:16-19 Languages: English Tune Title: WELLS
"Till He Come!"
Our God Eternal, Reigning
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #806 (1995) Topics: Death and Life to Come Lyrics: 1 Our God eternal, reigning,
creation's life sustaining,
our refuge and our home;
enthroned, in light surrounded,
when earth was yet unfounded,
the living God, to him we come.
2 We fade, a dream that passes,
like withered meadow grasses
when summer's sun has shone.
Before that face all-seeing
of God who gave us being,
we pass away and we are gone.
3 O God of mercy, hear us,
in steadfast love draw near us,
from age to age the same;
that we, be grace defended,
when earthly days are ended,
may live to praise a Savior's name. Scripture: Psalm 103 Languages: English Tune Title: INNSBRUCK
Our God Eternal, Reigning
Brief life is here our portion
Author: Rev. John Mason Nealse, 1818-1866; Bernard of Cluny Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #741 (1920) Meter: 7.6.7.6 Topics: Life to Come Languages: English Tune Title: ST. ALPHEGE
Brief life is here our portion
Abide with Me; Fast Falls the Eventide
Author: Henry F. Lyte Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #807 (1995) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Death and Life to Come Lyrics: 1 Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away.
Change and decay in all around I see.
O Lord who changes not, abide with me.
3 I need your presence every passing hour.
What but your grace can foil the tempter's pow'r?
Who like yourself my guide and strength can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.
4 I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless,
though ills have weight, and tears their bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, your victory?
I triumph still, if you abide with me.
5 Hold now your cross before my closing eyes.
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.
Heav'n's morning breaks and earth's vain shadows flee;
in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
Scripture: Exodus 33:14-15 Languages: English Tune Title: EVENTIDE
Abide with Me; Fast Falls the Eventide
For those we love within the veil
Author: William Charter Pigott (1872-1943) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #878 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come Lyrics: 1 For those we love within the veil,
Who once were comrades of our way,
We thank thee, Lord; for they have won
To cloudless day.
2 And life for them is life indeed,
The splendid goal of earth’s strait race;
And where no shadows intervene
They see thy face.
3 Free from the fret of mortal years,
And knowing now thy perfect will,
With quickened sense and heightened joy
They serve thee still.
4 O fuller, sweeter is that life,
And larger, ampler is the air;
Eye cannot see nor heart conceive
The glory there!
5 There are no tears within their eyes;
With love they keep perpetual tryst;
And praise and work and rest are one
With thee, O Christ.
Languages: English
For those we love within the veil
There is a happy land
Author: Andrew Young (1807-89) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #897 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come Lyrics: 1 There is a happy land,
Far, far away,
Where saints in glory stand,
Bright, bright as day.
O how they sweetly sing:
Worthy is our Saviour-King!
Loud let his praises ring,
Praise, praise for aye.
2 Come to this happy land,
Come, come away;
Why will you doubting stand,
Why still delay?
O we shall happy be
When, from sin and sorrow free,
Lord, we shall live with thee,
Blest, blest for aye.
3 Bright in that happy land
Beams every eye;
Kept by a Father’s hand,
Love cannot die.
On, then, to glory run;
Be a crown and kingdom won,
And bright above the sun
Reign, reign for aye.
Languages: English
There is a happy land
Ere the sun, ere the sun goes down
Author: Frederick William Fry (1860-1939) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #913 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: You must have your sins forgiven Lyrics: 1 You must have your sins forgiven,
Ere the sun, ere the sun goes down,
If you wish to go to Heaven
When the sun, when the sun goes down.
O now to God be crying,
For your time is swiftly flying,
In the grave you’ll soon be lying
When the sun goes down!
Refrain:
Ere the sun, ere the sun goes down,
Ere the sun, ere the sun goes down,
O sinner, come to Jesus
Ere the sun goes down!
2 Every chance will soon be past,
When the sun, when the sun goes down;
Even this may be the last,
When the sun, when the sun goes down.
If this offer be rejected,
And salvation still neglected,
Death may come when least expected,
When the sun goes down.
Languages: English
Ere the sun, ere the sun goes down
Countless Hosts Before God's Throne
Author: Christian Gregor, 1723-1801 Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #561 (1969) Meter: 7.6.7.6.3.3.6.6 Topics: The Life to Come Lyrics: 1 Countless hosts before God’s throne,
Where the Lamb abideth,
And as God and Man His own
To life’s fountain guideth,
Now possess
Perfect bliss,
Which to us is wanting
And for which we’re panting.
2 O how excellent and fair,
Goodly beyond measure,
Is the lot which we shall share;
And how rich the treasure!
When we see
Bodily
Our beloved Savior,
As He is, forever.
3 May this ever blessed hope
Fill our hearts with gladness,
And ‘mid weakness bear us up,
Till from sin and sadness
We shall be
Wholly free
And above for ever
Praise our gracious Savior. Languages: English Tune Title: NASSAU
Countless Hosts Before God's Throne
To God We Render Praise
Author: Frederick William Foster, 1760-1835; Robert Simpson, 1771-1843 Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #566 (1969) Topics: The Life to Come Lyrics: 1 To God we render praise,
Who grants us new displays
Of mercy all our days.
When Christ, the Son of man, again
Shall come, the angels in His train
May all of us who here
‘Fore Him appear
Then meet Him without fear.
2 How great our joy shall be
In heaven, O Lord, where we
Thy glorious face shall see!
We then shall Thee for evermore
As the Lamb slain for us adore;
In realms of glory bright
With saints in light
In hymns of praise unite.
3 Repeat the solemn strain,
Worthy the Lamb once slain!
Let all replay, Amen!
Blessing and power and majesty
Through endless ages be to Thee,
Who us by blood hast bought,
In mercy sought,
And to the fold us brought. Languages: English Tune Title: SERAPHIM
To God We Render Praise
Savior, Blessed Savior
Author: Godfrey Thring Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #778 (1995) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Topics: Life to Come Lyrics: 1 Savior, blessed Savior, listen while we sing,
hearts and voices raising praises to our King.
All we have we offer, all we hope to do,
body, soul, and spirit, all we yield to you.
Refrain:
Savior, blessed Savior, listen while we sing,
hearts and voice raising praises to our King.
2 Great and even greater, are your mercies here,
true and everlasting are the glories there,
where no pain or sorrow, toil or care is known,
where the angel legions circle 'round your throne. [Refrain]
3 Clearer still and clearer, dawns the light from heav'n,
in our sadness bringing news of sin forgiv'n.
Life has lost its shadows, pure the light within;
you have shed your radiance on a world of sin. [Refrain] Scripture: Romans 6:13-22 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. GERTRUDE
Savior, Blessed Savior
Lord of the Living
Author: Fred Kaan Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #812 (1995) Meter: 11.11.11.5 Topics: Death and Life to Come First Line: Lord of the living, in your name assembled Lyrics: 1 Lord of the living, in your name assembled
we join to thank you for the life remembered,
O God, have mercy, to your children giving
hope in believing.
2 Help us to treasure all that will remind us
of the enrichment in the days behind us.
Your love has set us in the generations,
God of creation.
3 May we, whenever tempted to dejection
strongly recapture thoughts of resurrection.
You gave us Jesus to defeat our sadness
with Easter gladness.
4 Lord, you can lift us from the grave of sorrow
into the presence of your own tomorrow;
give to your people for the day's affliction
your benediction. Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22 Languages: English Tune Title: CHRISTE SANCTORUM
Lord of the Living
For ever with the Lord
Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #877 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come Lyrics: 1 For ever with the Lord!
Amen; so let it be!
Life from the dead is in that word,
‘Tis immortality.
Here in the body pent,
Absent from him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day’s march nearer home.
2 My Father’s house on high,
Home of my soul, how near
At times, to faith’s foreseeing eye,
Thy golden gates appear.
Ah! then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love,
The bright inheritance of saints.
Jerusalem above.
3 For ever with the Lord!
Father, if ‘tis thy will,
The promise of that faithful word
E’en herein me fulfil.
Be thou at my right hand,
Then can I never fail;
Uphold thou me, and I shall stand,
Fight, and I must prevail.
4 So when my latest breath
Shall rend the veil in twain,
By death I shall escape from death,
And life eternal gain.
Knowing as I am known,
How shall I love that word,
And oft repeat before the throne:
For ever with the Lord!
Languages: English
For ever with the Lord
Some day I'll see his blessèd face
Author: Arthur Smith Arnott (1870-1941) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #884 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: O how I'd like to see his face Lyrics: 1 O how I’d like to see his face,
My Lord beholding!
O how I’d like to take my place,
His arms enfolding!
Some day I’ll cross old Jordan’s tide,
Some day the gates will open wide,
Then I shall at his feet abide,
My Lord beholding.
Refrain:
Some day I’ll see his blessèd face,
Some day I’ll see his blessèd face,
I’ll hear the music of his voice,
Some glad, sweet day.
2 There on the cross he died for me,
My soul redeeming;
Up from the grave he rose for me,
My pardon sealing.
Some day I’ll cross old Jordan’s tide,
Some day the gates will open wide,
Then I shall at his feet abide,
My Lord beholding.
3 O’er all the hills and dales of life,
With Jesus walking,
Amidst the noise of earthly strife,
I hear him talking.
Some day I’ll cross old Jordan’s tide,
Some day the gates will open wide,
Then I shall at his feet abide,
My Lord beholding.
Languages: English
Some day I'll see his blessèd face
When we all get to Heaven
Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1851-1920) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #892 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: Sing the wondrous love of Jesus Lyrics: 1 Sing the wondrous love of Jesus,
Sing his mercy and his grace;
In the mansions bright and blessèd
He’ll prepare for us a place.
Refrain:
When we all get to Heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We’ll sing and shout the victory!
2 While we walk this pilgrim pathway,
Clouds may over-spread the sky;
But when travelling days are over,
Not a shadow, not a sigh.
3 Let us then be true and faithful,
Trusting, serving every day;
Just one glimpse of him in Glory
Will the toils of life repay.
4 Onward to the prize before us,
Soon his beauty we’ll behold;
Soon the pearly gates will open,
We shall tread the streets of gold.
Languages: English
When we all get to Heaven
The homeland! the homeland
Author: Hugh Reginald Haweis (1838-1901) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #895 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come Lyrics: 1 The homeland! the homeland!
The land of the free-born;
There’s no night in the homeland,
But aye the fadeless morn;
I’m sighing for the homeland,
My heart is aching here;
There’s no pain in the homeland
To which I’m drawing near.
2 My Lord is in the homeland
With angels bright and fair;
There’s no sin in the homeland,
And no temptation there;
The voices of the homeland
Are ringing in my ears,
And when I think of the homeland
My eyes are filled with tears.
3 For those I love in the homeland
Are calling me away
To the rest and peace of the homeland,
And the life beyond decay;
For there’s no death in the homeland,
There is no grief above;
Christ brings us all to the homeland
Of his eternal love.
Languages: English
The homeland! the homeland
All Splendid Bright, Your Grandeur Shows
Author: Johann Scheffler; Madeleine Forell Marshall Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #393 (1995) Meter: 8.7.8.7.11.9.11.9 Topics: Life to Come Scripture: Psalm 19:1-6 Languages: English Tune Title: THY MAJESTY
All Splendid Bright, Your Grandeur Shows
Thy Word, O God, Declareth
Author: Alfred Ramsey, 1860-1926; Johann Walther, 1496-1570 Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #568 (1969) Topics: The Life to Come Lyrics: 1 Thy Word, O God, declareth
No man hath seen or heard
The joys our God prepareth
For them that love their Lord.
Their eyes shall see Thy glory,
Thy face, Thy throne, Thy might;
With shouts shall they adore thee,
The true, eternal Light.
2 With Thee, their warfare ended,
Thy saints, from earth released,
Shall keep, with glories splendid,
Eternal holy feast.
There shall Thy sons and daughters
The tree of life partake,
Shall drink the living waters,
And bread with Thee shall break.
3 Thy constant praises sounding
Before Thy great white throne,
They all in joy abounding
Shall sing the song unknown:
Laud, honor, praise, thanksgiving
And glory ever be
To Thee, the everlasting
And blessed Trinity. Languages: English Tune Title: WIE SOLL ICH DICH EMPFANGEN
Thy Word, O God, Declareth
Brief is our journey through the years
Author: Catherine Baird (1896-1984) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #874 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come Languages: English
Brief is our journey through the years
Day of judgment! Day of wonders
Author: John Newton (1725-1807) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #875 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come Lyrics: 1 Day of judgment! Day of wonders!
Hark the trumpet’s aweful sound.
Louder than a thousand thunders,
Shakes the vast creation round!
How the summons
Will the sinner’s heart confound!
2 See the judge, our nature wearing,
Clothed in majesty divine!
Ye who long for his appearing
Then shall say: This God is mine.
Gracious Saviour,
Own us in that day as thine.
3 Now the powers of nature, shaken
At his look, prepare to flee;
Souls in sin’s deep sleep must waken,
Summoned now his wrath to see;
Careless sinner,
What will then become of thee?
4 But to those who have confessed,
Loved and served the Lord below,
He will say: Come near, ye blessèd,
See the Kingdom I bestow.
You for ever
Shall my love and glory know!
Languages: English
Day of judgment! Day of wonders
My home is in Heaven, there is no parting there
Author: Ada Mary Nisbett (c 1866-1931) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #881 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: I have a home that is fairer than day Lyrics: 1 I have a home that is fairer than day,
And my dear Saviour has shown me the way;
Oft when I’m sad and temptations arise,
I look to my home far away.
Refrain:
My home is in Heaven, there is no parting there,
All will be happy, glorious, bright and fair;
There’ll be no sorrow, there will be no rears,
In that bright home Jar away.
2 Friends I shall see who have journeyed before
And landed safe on that beautiful shore;
I shall see Jesus, that will be my joy
In that bright home far away.
3 O who will journey to Heaven with me?
Jesus has died that we all may be free;
Come then to him who has laid up for you
A crown in that home far away.
Languages: English
My home is in Heaven, there is no parting there
I am bound for the promised land
Author: Samuel Stennett (1727-95) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #887 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: On Jordan's stormy banks I stand Lyrics: 1 On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wistful eye
To Canaan’s fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
Refrain:
I am bound for the promised land,
I’m bound for the promised land;
O who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the promised land.
2 That bright, transporting, rapturous scene
That rises to my sight,
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.
3 There generous fruits that never fail,
On trees immortal grow;
There rocky hills, and brooks and vales,
With milk and honey flow.
4 O’er all those wide extended plains
Shines one eternal day;
There God, the Son, forever reigns
And scatters night away.
5 Soon will the Lord my soul prepare
For joys beyond the sky,
Where never-ceasing music rolls,
And praises never die.
Languages: English
I am bound for the promised land
Servant of God, well done
Author: James Montgomery (1771-1854) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #890 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come Lyrics: 1 Servant of God, well done!
Rest from thy loved employ;
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Master’s joy.
2 The heavenly summons came,
He started up to hear;
A mortal arrow pierced his frame,
He fell, but felt no fear.
3 His spirit, with a bound,
Left its encumbering clay;
His tent, at sunrise, on the ground
A darkened ruin lay.
4 The pains of death are past,
Labour and sorrow cease;
And, life’s long warfare closed at last,
His soul is found in peace.
5 Soldier of Christ, well done!
Praise be thy new employ;
And while eternal ages run,
Rest in thy Saviour’s joy.
Languages: English
Servant of God, well done
While the light from Heaven is falling
Author: Lucy Milward Booth-Hellberg (1868-1953) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #893 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: Sins of years are all numbered Lyrics: 1 Sins of years are all numbered,
Blackest stains brought to light,
Broken pledges uncovered,
None escape from his sight.
Unwashed hearts are rejected,
Guilty souls rise alone,
When you stand in the light
Of his great judgment throne.
Refrain:
While the light from Heaven is falling,
Sins reproving, wants revealing,
While redeeming grace is flowing,
He can wash your sins away.
2 All the past with its chances,
All the ‘what might have been’,
Each encounter with evil
He had meant you should win;
How you’ll wish you’d gone forward,
Loving Jesus alone,
When you stand in the light
Of his great judgment throne!
3 Ransomed sinners of all kinds,
Trembling followers as well,
With their robes surely blood-washed,
They shall come forth to tell
Of the battles fought bravely,
Of the victories won,
As they stand in the light
Of his great judgment throne.
Languages: English
While the light from Heaven is falling
When our fighting here is over
Author: Arthur Bovan (c 1870-1903) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #899 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: There's a crown laid up in Glory Lyrics: 1 There's a crown laid up in Glory,
There’s a robe for each to wear,
And we never need be sorry
That we did life’s troubles share;
For our crown will shine the brighter
For the battles we have won,
And our robes will be the whiter
When our travelling days are done.
Refrain:
When our fighting here is over,
And our victories are all won,
There’s a mansion up in Glory
When our travelling days are done.
2 There’s a golden harp in Glory,
There’s a welcome for the true,
There’s a rest for all the weary,
There’s a victor’s palm for you.
O we’ll praise the Lamb for ever
When we stand before his throne,
And our joys will end, no never,
When our travelling days are done!
3 There will be no room for sadness,
There will be no sorrow there,
And unceasing songs of gladness
Shall for ever fill the air;
There will be no death, no weeping
In that land, and evermore
We shall dwell in Jesus’ keeping
When our travelling days are o’er.
Languages: English
When our fighting here is over
When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there
Author: James Milton Black (1856-1938) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #907 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more Lyrics: 1 When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more,
And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair,
When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore,
And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.
Refrain:
When the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.
2 On that bright and cloudless morning, when the dead in Christ shall rise,
And the glory of his resurrection share,
When his chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies,
And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.
3 Let us labour for the Master from the dawn till setting sun,
Let us tell of all his wondrous love and care;
Then, when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done,
And the roll is called up yonder, we’ll be there.
Languages: English
When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there
Who are these arrayed in white
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-88) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #909 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come Lyrics: 1 Who are these arrayed in white,
Brighter than the noonday sun,
Foremost of the sons of light,
Nearest the eternal throne?
These are they that bare the cross,
Nobly for their Master stood,
Sufferers in his righteous cause,
Followers of the dying God.
2 Out of great distress they came,
Washed their robes by faith below
In the blood of yonder Lamb,
Blood that washes white as snow;
Therefore are they next the throne,
Serve their Master day and night;
God resides among his own,
God doth in his saints delight.
3 He that on the throne doth reign,
Shall his saints for ever feed,
With the tree of life sustain,
To the living fountains lead;
He shall all their sorrows chase,
All their wants at once remove,
Wipe the tears from every face,
Fill up every soul with love.
Languages: English
Who are these arrayed in white
Sweeping through the gates of the new Jerusalem
Author: Tullius Clinton O’Kane (1830-1912) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #910 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: Who, who are these beside the chilly wave Lyrics: 1 Who, who are these beside the chilly wave,
Just on the borders of the silent grave,
Shouting Jesus’ power to save,
Washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Refrain:
Sweeping through the gates of the new Jerusalem,
Washed in the blood of the Lamb.
2 These, these are they who in their youthful days,
Found Jesus early, and in wisdom’s ways
Proved the fulness of his grace,
Washed in the blood of the Lamb.
3 These, these are they who in affliction’s woes
Ever have found in Jesus calm repose,
Such as from a pure heart flows,
Washed in the blood of the Lamb.
4 These, these are they who in the conflict dire
Boldly have stood amid the hottest fire;
Jesus now says: Come up higher;
Washed in the blood of the Lamb.
Languages: English
Sweeping through the gates of the new Jerusalem
With steady pace the pilgrim moves
Author: Richard Jukes (1804-67) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #911 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come Lyrics: 1 With steady pace the pilgrim moves
Toward the blissful shore,
And sings with cheerful heart and voice:
‘Tis better on before.
2 His passage through a desert lies,
Where furious lions roar;
He takes his staff, and smiling says:
‘Tis better on before.
3 When tempted to forsake his God
And give the contest o’er,
He hears a voice which says: Look up,
‘Tis better on before.
4 When stern affliction clouds his face,
And death stands at the door,
Hope cheers him with her happiest note:
‘Tis better on before.
5 And when on Jordan’s bank he stands,
And views the radiant shore,
Bright angels whisper: Come away,
‘Tis better on before.
6 And so it is, for high in Heaven
They never suffer more;
Eternal calm succeeds the storm,
‘Tis better on before.
Languages: English
With steady pace the pilgrim moves
Un gran Salvador es Jesús
Author: Fanny J. Crosby; Honorato Reza Hymnal: Celebremos Su Gloria #342 (1992) Topics: Life to Come First Line: Un gran Salvador es Jesús el Señor Refrain First Line: Protege mi alma de todo temor Scripture: Isaiah 32:1-4 Languages: Spanish Tune Title: KIRKPATRICK
Un gran Salvador es Jesús
Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand
Author: Henry Alford Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #394 (1995) Meter: 7.6.8.6 D Topics: Life to Come Lyrics: 1 Ten thousand times ten thousand
in sparkling raiment bright,
the armies of the ransomed saints
throng up the steeps of light!
'Tis finished, all is finished,
their fight with death and sin.
Fling open wide the golden gates
and let the victors in!
2 What rush of halleluias
fills all the earth and sky!
What ringing of a thousand harps
bespeaks the triumph nigh!
O day, for which creation
and all its tribes were made!
O joy, for all its former woes
a thousand fold repaid!
3 O then what raptured greetings
on Canaan's happy shore;
what knitting severed friendships up,
where partings are no more!
Then eyes with joy shall sparkle
that brimmed with tears of late,
no orphans left without a home,
nor mourners desolate.
4 Bring near your great salvation,
O Lamb for sinners slain;
fill up the roll of your elect,
then take your pow'r and reign!
Appear, Desire of nations,
your exiles long for home;
show in the heav'n your promised sign;
then, Prince and Savior, come. Scripture: Isaiah 25:6-9 Languages: English Tune Title: EASTHAM
Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand
Victoria en Cristo
Author: E. M. Bartlett; Honorato Reza Hymnal: Celebremos Su Gloria #434 (1992) Topics: Life to Come First Line: Oí bendita historia Refrain First Line: Ya tengo la victoria Scripture: Romans 8:11-23 Languages: Spanish Tune Title: HARTFORD
Victoria en Cristo
Yo quiero vencer
Author: J. J. Ramírez; J. A. Savage Hymnal: Celebremos Su Gloria #437 (1992) Topics: Life to Come First Line: Yo quiero vencer, yo quiero triunfar por fe en mi Cristo Scripture: Revelation 3:8-13 Languages: Spanish Tune Title: YO QUIERO VENCER
Yo quiero vencer
La Iglesia sin mancha
Author: Ralph E. Hudson; Honorato Reza Hymnal: Celebremos Su Gloria #448 (1992) Topics: Life to Come First Line: ¿Quiénes son los que han venido? Refrain First Line: Es la Iglesia fiel Scripture: Jude 20-25 Languages: Spanish Tune Title: A GLORIOUS CHURCH
La Iglesia sin mancha
Then, O my Lord, prepare my soul
Author: Rev. Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889 Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #739 (1920) Topics: Life to Come First Line: A few more years shall roll Languages: English Tune Title: CHALVEY
Then, O my Lord, prepare my soul
Days and moments quickly flying
Author: Edward Caswall, 1814-1878 Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #742 (1920) Topics: Life to Come Languages: English Tune Title: ST. SYLVESTER
Days and moments quickly flying
To God we render praise
Author: Robert Simpson, 1771-1843; Bishop F. W. Foster, 1760-1835 Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #761 (1920) Topics: Life to Come Languages: English Tune Title: SERAPHIM
To God we render praise
Servant of God, Well Done
Author: James Montgomery Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #811 (1995) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Death and Life to Come First Line: Servant of God, well done! Lyrics: 1 Servant of God, well done!
Rest from your loved employ:
the battle fought, the victory won,
enter your Master's joy.
2 The pains of death are past;
labor and sorrow cease;
and life's long warfare closed at last,
your soul is found in peace.
3 Rest from your labor, rest,
soul of the just, set free;
blessed by your memory,
and blessed your bright example be.
4 Now, toil and conflict o'er,
go, take with saints your place;
but go as each has gone before,
a sinner saved by grace.
5 Soldier of Christ, well done!
Praise be your new employ,
and, while eternal ages run,
rest in your Savior's joy. Scripture: Matthew 25:21 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. MICHAEL
Servant of God, Well Done
My beautiful home, my beautiful home
Author: Mary Ann Kidder (1825-1905) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #872 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: Above the waves of earthly strife Lyrics: 1 Above the waves of earthly strife,
Above the ills and cares of life,
Where all is peaceful, bright and fair,
My home is there, my home is there.
Refrain:
My beautiful home, my beautiful home,
In the land where the glorified ever shall roam,
Where angels bright wear crowns of light,
My home is there, my home is there.
2 Away from sorrow, doubt and pain,
Away from worldly loss and gain,
From all temptation, tears and care,
My home is there, my home is there.
3 Beyond the bright and pearly gates,
Where Jesus, loving Saviour, waits,
Where all is peaceful, bright and fair,
My home is there, my home is there.
Languages: English
My beautiful home, my beautiful home
They'll sing their welcome home to me
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748); Robert Lowry (1826-99) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #879 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: Give me the wings of faith to rise Lyrics: 1 Give me the wings of faith to rise
Within the veil, and see
The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.
Refrain:
They’ll sing their welcome home to me;
And the angels will stand
On the hallelujah strand,
And sing me a welcome home.
2 Once they were mourners here below
And poured out cries and tears;
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins and doubts and fears.
3 I ask them whence their victory came;
They, with united breath,
Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to his death.
4 They marked the footsteps that he trod;
His zeal inspired their breast;
And, following their incarnate God,
Possess the promised rest.
5 Our glorious leader claims our praise
For his own pattern given,
While the long cloud of witnesses
Shows the same path to Heaven.
Languages: English
They'll sing their welcome home to me
We're marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion
Author: William James Pearson (1832-92); Robert Lowry (1826-99) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #901 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: To leave the world below Lyrics: 1 To leave the world below,
March upward with our band,
And step by step we mean to go
To Zion’s happy land.
Refrain:
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We’re marching onward to Zion, that beautiful city of God.
2 The city we shall see,
The heavenly music hear,
Marching to songs of victory,
With all the Army there.
3 The pearly gates are wide,
The streets are bright and fair;
We’ll march together, side by side,
Till safely landed there.
4 Beside the crystal stream,
Led on by Zion’s King,
We’ll swell the great salvation theme
And songs of victory sing.
5 With blood and fire unfurled
We march to victory grand;
The Army means to lead the world
To Zion’s happy land. Languages: English
We're marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion
There's a golden harp in Glory
Author: William James Pearson (1832-92) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #902 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: We are marching home to Glory Lyrics: 1 We are marching home to Glory,
Marching up to mansions bright,
Where bright golden harps are playing,
Where the saints are robed in white.
Refrain:
There’s a golden harp in Glory,
There’s a spotless robe for you;
March with us to the hallelujah city,
To the land beyond the blue.
2 March to swell the heavenly chorus,
With departed friends to stay,
Sweetest notes of hallelujah music
On the golden harps to play.
3 March across death’s swelling river,
Jesus will the waves divide;
We shall have a hallelujah Heaven
When we reach the other side.
4 March to see the living fountains,
March to tread the golden street;
Every true salvation soldier
We shall up in Glory meet.
5 Sinners, join our happy Army,
March with us to Canaan’s shore;
Robes of white and harps of glory
May be yours for evermore.
Languages: English
There's a golden harp in Glory
To be there, to be there
Author: Elizabeth Mills (1805-29) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #904 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: We speak of the realms of the blest Lyrics: 1 We speak of the realms of the blest,
That country so bright and so fair,
And oft are its glories confessed;
But what must it be to be there!
Refrain:
To be there, to be there!
O what must it be to be there!
2 We speak of its peace and its love,
The robes which the glorified wear,
The songs of the blood-washed above;
But what must it be to be there!
3 We speak of its freedom from sin,
From sorrow, temptation and care,
From trials without and within;
But what must it be to be there!
4 Do thou, Lord, in pleasure or woe,
For Heaven our spirits prepare;
Then soon shall we joyfully know
And feel what it is to be there.
Languages: English
To be there, to be there
Will you go? Will you go
Author: William Hunter (1811-77) Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #905 (1986) Topics: The Life to Come First Line: We're bound for the land of the pure and the holy Lyrics: 1 We're bound for the land of the pure and the holy;
The home of the happy, the Kingdom of love;
Ye wanderers from God in the broad road of folly
O say, will you go to the Eden above?
Refrain:
Will you go? Will you go?
Will you go? Will you go?
O say, will you go to the Eden above?
2 In that blessèd land neither sighing nor anguish
Can breathe in the fields where the glorified rove
Ye heart-burdened ones, who in misery languish,
O say, will you go to the Eden above?
3 Each saint has a mansion, prepared and all furnished,
Ere from this small house he is summoned to move;
Its gates and its towers with glory are burnished;
O say, will you go to the Eden above?
4 March on, happy soldiers, the land is before you,
And soon its ten thousand delights we shall prove
Yes, soon we’ll be massed on the hills of bright Glory,
And drink the pure joys of the Eden above.
Refrain:
We will go! We will go!
We will go! We will go!
O yes, we will go to the Eden above!
Languages: English
Will you go? Will you go
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