Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#96

96. Why should this earth delight us so?

1 Why should this earth delight us so?
Why should we fix our eyes
On these low grounds where sorrows grow,
And every pleasure dies?

2 While time his sharpest teeth prepares
Our comforts to devour,
There is a land above the stars,
And joys above his power.

3 Nature shall be dissolv'd and die,
The sun must end his race,
The earth and sea for ever fly
Before my Saviour's face.

4 When will that glorious morning rise?
When the last trumpet sound,
And call the nations to the skies,
From underneath the ground?

Text Information

• First Line: Why should this earth delight us so?
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Topic: Fall and Depravity of Man; The end of the world

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