The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#495

495. Come, let us join our friends above

1 Come, let us join our friends above
That have obtained the prize,
And on the eagle wings of love
To joys celestial rise;
Let all the saints terrestrial sing,
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King,
In earth and heaven, are one.

2 One family we dwell in Him,
One Church above, beneath,
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death;
One army of the living God,
To His command we bow;
Part of His host hath crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.

3 Ten thousand to their endless home
This solemn moment fly;
And we are to the margin come,
And we expect to die:
His militant, embodied host,
With wistful looks we stand,
And long to see that happy coast,
And reach that heavenly land,

4 Our old companions in distress
We haste again to see,
And eager long for our release
And full felicity:
E'en now by faith we join our hands
With those that went before,
And greet the blood-besprinkled bands
On the eternal shore.

5 Our spirits, too, shall quickly join,
Like theirs with glory crowned,
And shout to see our Captain's sign,
To hear His trumpet sound.
O that we now might grasp our Guide!
O that the word were given!
Come, Lord of Hosts, the waves divide,
And land us all in heaven.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, let us join our friends above
• Author: C. Wesley (1759)
• Meter: 8, 6. 8L.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Church Year: All Saints Day; Communion of Saints

Tune Information

• Name: [Come, let us join our friends above]
• Composer: H. J. Gauntlett, 1805—76
• Meter: 8, 6. 8L.