The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4862

4862. O Glorious Hope of Perfect Love

1. O glorious hope of perfect love!
It lifts me up to things above;
It bears on eagles’ wings.
It gives my ravished soul a taste,
And makes me for some moments feast
With Jesus’ priests and kings,
With Jesus’ priests and kings.

2. Rejoicing now in earnest hope,
I stand, and from the mountain top
See all the lands below.
Rivers of milk and honey rise,
And all the fruits of paradise
In endless plenty grow,
In endless plenty grow.

3. A land of corn, and wine, and oil;
Favored with God’s peculiar smile,
With ev’ry blessing blest;
There dwells the Lord our Righteousness,
And keeps His own in perfect peace,
And everlasting rest,
And everlasting rest.

4. Oh, that I might at once go up;
No more on this side of Jordan stop,
But now the land possess;
This moment end my legal years,
Sorrows and sins, and doubts and fears,
A howling wilderness,
A howling wilderness!

Text Information

• First Line: O glorious hope of perfect love
• Title: O Glorious Hope of Perfect Love
• Author: John Wesley (1742)
• Author: Charles Wesley (1742)
• Meter: 88.68.86
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, by John and Charles Wesley, 1742
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ARIEL
• Composer: Wolf­gang A. Mo­zart, 1756-1791
• Arranger: Low­ell Ma­son (1836)
• Meter: 88.68.86
• Incipit: 55333 11171 33223
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain