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e; And still I see thy face, And feel that God is love. Into thine arms my soul I cast; By sovereign mercy saved at last. "The Priest and Ark now move To Jordan's gulfy strand; Come now in covenant love, Take firm thy promised stand: Only to me thy countenance show, I ask no more the Jordan through." _______________ "Come, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. "Worthy the Lamb that died, they cry, To be exalted thus; Worthy the Lamb, our souls reply, For he was slain for us. "Jesus is worthy to receive Honor and power divine; And blessings, more than we can give, Be, Lord, for ever thine. "The whole creation join in one, To bless the sacred name Of Him that sits upon the throne, And to adore the Lamb." _______________ "Give me the wings of faith, to rise Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be. "Once they were mourners here below, And wet their couch with tears; They wrestled hard, as we do now, With sins, and doubts, and fears. "I ask them whence their victory came: They, with united breath, Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, Their triumph to his death. "They marked the footsteps that he trod; His zeal inspired their breast; And following their incarnate God, Possessed the promised rest. "Our glorious Leader claims our praise, For his own pattern given; While the long cloud of witnesses Show the same path to heaven." _______________ "With heart and hands, and lifted eyes, I'll praise thee while I've life
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