| 1861 - 1366 pages
...closing scene. — AMEN. HYMN. WE TALK OF THE LAND OF THE BLESS'D. We talk of the land of the bless'd, That country so bright and so fair ; And oft are its...confess'd — But what must it be to be there ! We talk of its pathways of gold, Its walls deck'd with jewels so rare ; Its wonders and pleasures untold... | |
| 1867 - 682 pages
...before her death, which took place in 1829. I subjoin a copy of the hymn from the original MS. : — "We speak of the realms of the bless'd. Of that country so bright and so fair ; And oft arc its glories confess'd : But what miiít it be to be there ? " We speak of its pathways of gold,... | |
| 1856 - 666 pages
...heaven, for " there is fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore." We speak of the realms of the blest, Of that country so bright and so fair, And oft are its glories confest, But what will it be to be there I We speak of its pathways of gold, Of its walls dcck'd with... | |
| 1849 - 40 pages
...its pathways of gold, Of its walls decked with jewels so rare, Of its wonders and pleasures untold ; But what must it be to be there! We speak of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation, and care, From trials without and within ; But what must... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Isaac Watts - 1850 - 742 pages
...heavenly ground. Waitt. 0 0 O Happiness of Heaven. is. 1 "ITT"E speak of the realms of the bless'd, * • That country so bright and so fair : And oft are its...glories confess'd, But what must it be to be there ! 2 We speak of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation, and care, From trials without and within... | |
| Daniel Newham - 1850 - 336 pages
...It doth not yet appear what we shall be." (1 John iii. 2.) LM 1 WE sing of the realms of the blest, That country so bright and so fair ; And oft are its glories confess'd, But what will it be, to be there ! 2 We speak of its freedom from sin, Prom sorrow, temptation, and care, From... | |
| James Boardman CARTWRIGHT - 1850 - 190 pages
...neither shall there be any more pain."— REVELATION xxl. 4. ~VT7~E sing of the realms of the blest, ' * That country so bright and so fair ; And oft are its glories confess' d, But what must it be to be there ! We speak of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation,... | |
| 1851 - 596 pages
...izzbitt«.H=i£ipti4:*:*i^S:1tt:.^:.t,tl -rFrSSS ^::|::f: ^^^:Mf: **^^ \^^ \,^_x '*' what must it be to be there, But what must it be to be there ? We speak of its pathways or gold , Of it- v. ,.ii decked with jewels no rare ; Of its wonder* and pleasures untold — But what... | |
| Henry Harbaugh - 1851 - 328 pages
...pathways of gold, Of its walks deck'd with jewels so rare, Of its wonders and pleasures untold — But what must it be to be there ! We speak of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation, and care J From trials, without and within — But what... | |
| Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 250 pages
...the realms of the West, That country so bright and so fair j And oft are its glories confoss'd — But what must it be to be there ? We speak of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation, and fare, From trials without and within—- But what must... | |
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