The New Sabbath School Hosanna ‎#143a

143a. There is a glorious world of light

1 There is a glorious world of light,
Above the starry sky,
Where saints departed, cloth'd in white,
Adore the Lord most high.
And hark! amid the sacred songs
Those heavenly voices raise,
Ten thousand, thousand infant tongues
Unite in perfect praise.

2 These are the hymns that we shall know
If Jesus we obey;
That is the place where we shall go
If found in wisdom's way;
This is the joy we ought to seek
And make our chief concern;
For this we come, from week to week,
To read and hear and learn.

3 Soon will our earthly race be run,
Our mortal name decay,
Children and teachers, one by one,
Must pass from earth away.
Great God, impress the serious thought
This day on every breast,
That both the teachers and the taught
May enter to thy rest.

Text Information

• First Line: There is a glorious world of light
• Publication Date: 1870
• Notes: Tune for 317, 374, and 381 in "American Sunday School Hymn Book" (ASS1860a)

Tune Information

• Name: VARINA
• Composer: Rink
• Meter: C. M. Double.
• Key: E♭ Major