Hope’s Rejoicings

By the Love of the Father divine—

By the infinite grace of the Son—

By the power of the Spirit benign

To the goal in the glory we run,

_Where the glory shines bright

In the house of the Father above—

Where the shadows of night

Never darken the dwelling of love._

What our souls have most surely believed

We shall see in that land with our eyes;

Things that mortal has never conceived

On our glorified vision shall rise.

Then an ending in bliss shall be brought

To this waste with its trials and woes,

And what wisdom eternal has wrought

The creation made new shall disclose.

In that sinless and sorrowless sphere

We with songs shall our Saviour surround.

Then an end to our fretting and fear,

For the rest of our God shall be found.

And with endless unspeakable joy

We shall walk with our Saviour in white,

And our tongues we shall gladly employ

In His praise where the glory shines bright.

Where the glory shines bright

In the house of the Father above—

Where the shadows of night

Never darken the dwelling of love.