Scripture Verse

Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation? Hebrews 1:14

Introduction

Words: John W. Cun­ning­ham, Morn­ing Thoughts on the Gos­pel of St. Mat­thew 1824, page 15.

Music: Rip­pon Jo­seph Funk, A Com­pil­ation of Gen­uine Church Mu­sic, 1832 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Cun­ning­ham or Funk (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

How cheer­ing the thought that the spir­its of bliss
Will bow their bright wings to a world such as this;
Will leave the sweet joys of the man­sions ab­ove,
To breathe o’er our bo­soms some mes­sage of love.

They come, on the wings of the morn­ing they come,
Impatient to lead some poor wan­der­er home,
Some pil­grim to snatch from this stor­my ab­ode,
And lay him to rest in the arms of his God.