The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#394b

394b. O Paradise, O Paradise

1 O Paradise, O Paradise,
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the happy land
Where they that loved are blest;
Where loyal hearts and true,
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture, thro' and thro',
In God's most holy sight?

2 O Paradise, O Paradise,
The world is growing old;
Who would not be at rest and free
Where love is never cold?
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture, thro' and thro',
In God's most holy sight?

3 O Paradise, O Paradise,
We long to sin no more;
We long to be as pure on earth
As on Thy spotless shore;
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture, thro' and thro',
In God's most holy sight?

4 O Paradise, O Paradise,
We shall not wait for long;
E'en now the loving ear may catch
Faint fragments of thy song;
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture, thro' and thro',
In God's most holy sight?

5 Lord Jesus, King of Paradise,
Oh, keep me in Thy love,
And guide us to that happy land
Of perfect rest above;
Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture, thro' and thro',
In God's most holy sight?

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O Paradise, O Paradise
• Title: O Paradise, O Paradise
• Author: Rev. F. W. Faber (1862)
• Meter: P. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1894
• Topic: All Saints; General; Church At Rest
• Notes: Tune name in index: LONGINGS

Tune Information

• Name: [O Paradise, O Paradise]
• Composer: Sir Joseph Barnby
• Meter: P. M.
• Key: E♭ Major