MHB 627 – HOW happy every child of grace, Who knows his sins forgiven!

Methodist-Hymns-627

1:  HOW happy every child of grace,
Who knows his sins forgiven!
This earth, he cries, is not my place,
I seek my place in heaven!
A country far from mortal sight;
Yet O by faith I see
The land of rest, the saints’ delight,
The heaven prepared for me.

2:  A stranger in the world below,
I calmly sojourn here;
Nor can its happiness or woe
Provoke my hope or fear:
Its evils in a moment end,
Its joys as soon are past;
But O the bliss to which I tend
Eternally shall last.

3:  To that Jerusalem above
With singing I repair;
While in the flesh, my hope and love,
My heart and soul, are there:
There my exalted Saviour stands,
My merciful High-priest,
And still extends His wounded hands
To take me to his breast.

4:  O what a blessed hope is ours,
While here on earth we stay,
We more than taste the heavenly powers,
And antedate that day:
We feel the resurrection near,
Our life in Christ concealed,
And with His glorious presence here
Our earthen vessels filled.