The Hymnal ‎#544

544. O what the joy and the glory must be

O what the joy and the glory must be,
Those endless Sabbaths the blessèd ones see!
Crown for the valiant, to weary ones rest;
God shall be all, and in all ever blest.

What are the Monarch, his court, and his throne?
What are the peace and the joy that they own?
O that the blest ones who in it have share,
All that they feel could as fully declare!

Truly Jerusalem name we that shore,
Vision of peace that brings joy evermore;
Wish and fulfillment can severed be ne'er,
Nor the thing prayed for come short of the prayer.

There, where no troubles distraction can bring,
We the sweet anthems of Sion shall sing;
While for thy grace, Lord, their voices of praise
Thy blessed people eternally raise.

There dawns no Sabbath, no Sabbath is o'er,
Those Sabbath-keepers have one evermore;
One and unending is that triumph song
Which to the angels and us shall belong.

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Now, in the meanwhile, with hearts raised on high,
We for that country must yearn and must sigh;
Seeking Jerusalem, dear native land,
Through our long exile on Babylon's strand.

Low before him with our praises we fall,
Of whom, and in whom, and through whom are all;
Of whom, the Father; and in whom, the Son;
Through whom, the Spirit, with them ever One.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O what the joy and the glory must be
• Author (attributed to): Peter Abelard, 1079-1142
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1854)
• Meter: Four 10s
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Processional; Sunday Schools: Processionals

Tune Information

• Name: O QUANTA QUALIA
• Harmonizer: John B. Dykes (1868)
• Composer: François de La Feilée (1808)
• Meter: Four 10s
• Incipit: 11231 14322 1
• Key: G Major