Scripture Verse

Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. Isaiah 33:17

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns on Se­lect Pas­sag­es of the Ho­ly Scrip­tures (Bri­stol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 1, num­ber 1027.

Music: Green Fields from The Pea­sant Can­ta­ta (Mer hahn en neue Ob­er­keet), by Jo­hann S. Bach, 1742. Ar­ranged by Lew­is Ed­son in The Cho­rist­er’s Com­pan­ion (New Ha­ven, Con­nec­ti­cut: 1782) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

I long to be­hold Him ar­rayed
With glo­ry and light from above,
The King in His beau­ty dis­played,
His beau­ty of ho­li­est love:
I lang­uish and die to be there
Where Je­sus hath fixed His abode:
O when shall we meet in the air,
And fly to the mount­ain of God?

With Him I on Si­on shall stand,
For Je­sus hath spok­en the word,
The breadth of Im­ma­nu­el’s land
Survey by the light of my Lord;
But when, on Thy bo­som re­clined,
Thy face I am strength­ened to see,
My full­ness of rap­ture I find,
My hea­ven of hea­vens in Thee.