Praise and Worship ‎#8

8. The Glorious Hope

1 Oh, glorious hope of perfect love!
It lifts me up to things above;
It bears on eagles' wings.
It gives my ravished soul a taste,
And makes me for some moments feast
With Jesus' priests and kings,
With Jesus' priests and kings.

2 Rejoicing now in earnest hope,
I stand, and from the mountaintop
See all the land below.
Rivers of milk and honey rise,
And all the fruits of paradise
In endless plenty grow,
In endless plenty grow.

3 A land of corn, and wine, and oil;
Favored with God's peculiar smile,
With ev'ry blessing blest;
There dwells the Lord our Righteousness,
And deeps His own in perfect peace,
And everlasting rest,
And everlasting rest.

4 Oh, that I might at once go up;
No more on this side Jordan stop,
But now the land possess;
This moment end my legal years,
Sorrows and sins, and doubts and fears,
A howling wilderness,
A howling wilderness!

Text Information

• First Line: Oh, glorious hope of perfect love!
• Title: The Glorious Hope
• Author: Samuel Medley
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1978

Tune Information

• Name: [Oh, glorious hope of perfect love!]
• Composer: Lowell Mason
• Key: D Major