The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#146

146. To Realms of Glory I Behold

1 To realms of glory I behold
My risen Lord returning;
While I, a stranger in the earth,
For heav'n am ever yearning.
Far from my heav'nly Father’s home,
’Mid toil and sorrow here I roam.

2 Far from my home--how long, dear Lord,
Before my exile endeth?
But far beyond the realms of sense
My fervent prayer ascendeth:
My prayer, unuttered, but a groan,
Shall rend the skies and reach Thy throne.

3 Then visions of the goodly land
By faith my soul obtaineth;
There I shall dwell for evermore
Where Christ in glory reigneth,
In mansions of that bright abode,
The city of the living God.

4 In that blest city is no night,
Nor any pain or weeping;
There is my treasure, there my heart,
Safe in my Saviour’s keeping;
In heaven, my blessèd Lord, with Thee,
May all my conversation be.

5 In glory He shall come again
To earth as He ascended;
So let me wait and watch and pray,
Until my day is ended.
that day, O Lord, is hid from me,
But daily do I wait for Thee.

6 And blessèd shall that servant be,
O Lord, at Thy returning,
Whose heart is waiting, Lord, for Thee,
Whose lamp is trimmed and burning;
Him wilt Thou take to dwell with Thee,
In joy and peace eternally.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: To realms of glory I behold
• Title: To Realms of Glory I Behold
• Author: Johan Olof Wallin (1816)
• Translator: Claude W. Foss
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 8 8.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Scripture:
  Mark 16:14-20
  ;
  Acts 1:1-11
  ;
  Philippians 3:20
• Topic: Church Year: Ascension; Ascension; Trinity, Twenty-seventh Sunday; Christ: Second Advent of; Heaven: Yearning for; Second Advent; Treasure above

Tune Information

• Name: MACHS MIT MIR, GOTT, NACH DEINER GÜT
• Composer: Johann Hermann Schein (1627)
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 8 8.
• Key: D Major