982--How true it is not heart may

How true it is not heart may

982

	1.	How true it is not heart may
		comprehend
		The glory God prepareth for His own,
		And what will happen when this age
		shall end;
		But yet in vision Jesus hath made
		known
		How fair and holy shall the Church
		descend,
		Lit up with light of precious jasper
		stone.
	2.	And He shall make His Church all
		heavenly fair,
		With gold and pearls, and every radiant
		stone,
		And reign in holiness and glory there,
		And shine as suns and stars have never
		shone;
		And He shall lead His Bride, His joy
		and care,
		With blissful singing to His Father's
		throne.
	3.	And then the blest communion shall
		have come,
		Of God's dear children meeting from
		afar;
		Within His burning love they blend as
		one,
		Yet each, according as His counsels
		are,
		Shall have peculiar glory of his own,
		As on star differeth from another star.
	4.	And God is all in all in that great day,
		And He is their exceeding great
		Reward;
		Their stream of life, their beautiful
		array,
		Their food, their joy, their radiance,
		Christ the Lord;
		The music of their wondrous song shall
		say,
		How great the joy that passeth thought
		or word.
	5.	And this is that eternal life of heaven,
		Laid up with Christ in God, the
		mystery
		Of resurrection life which He hath
		given:
		A fount of living waters full and free;
		A life by which the gates of death are
		riven,
		A life which on the throne of Christ
		shall be.
	6.	And here in this waste wilderness
		began,
		So soon as we believe in Christ aright,
		And quickened by the Spirit of the Son,
		Receive Him as our only life and light,
		As all the branches in the vine are one,
		So we are one forever in His sight.
	7.	Now come, Lord Jesus, quickly from
		above,
		Do Thou sustain us on the desert road,
		And draw us after Thee by might of
		love,
		Our Fatherland art Thou, O love of
		God;
		Once safe in Thee, no more shall we
		remove,
		O Thou our everlasting sure abode.