New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal

Hymn 434 WE SPEAK OF THE REALMS 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!
We speak of its pathway of gold
Its walls decked with jewels so rare,
Its wonders and pleasures untold
But what must it be to be there!

2
We speak of its freedom of sin,
From sorrow, temptation and care,
From trials without and within
But what must it be to be there!
We speak of its service of love,
Of the robes which the glorified wear,
Of the church of the First Born above
But what must it be to be there!

3
Our mourning is all at an end,
When, raised by the lifegiving word,
We see the new city descend,
Adorned as a bride for her Lord;
The city so holy and clean,
No sorrow can breathe in the air;
No gloom of affliction or sin,
No shadow of evil, is there.

4
Do Thou, midst temptation and woe,
For heaven my spirit prepare;
And shortly I also shall know
And feel what it is to be there.
Then o’er the bright fields we shall roam,
In glory celestial and fair,
With saints and with angels at home,
And Jesus Himself will be there.