Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#721

721. There is a house not made with hands

1 There is a house not made with hands,
Eternal and on high;
And here my spirit waiting stands,
Till God shall bid it fly.

2 Shortly this prison of my clay
Must be dissolv'd and fall,
Then, O my soul, with joy obey
Thy heavenly Father's call.

3 'Tis he, by his almighty grace,
That forms thee fit for heaven,
And as an earnest of the place,
Has his own Spirit given.

4 We walk by faith of joys to come,
Faith lives upon his word;
But while the body is our home
We're absent from the Lord.

5 'Tis pleasant to believe thy grace,
But we had rather see;
We would be absent from the flesh,
And present, Lord, with thee.

Text Information

• First Line: There is a house not made with hands
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Scripture:
  2 Corinthians 4:8
• Topic: Death: Death of the pious; Death and immediate Glory

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