Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#116

116. To realms of glory in the skies

1 To realms of glory in the skies
I see my Lord returning,
While I, a stranger in the earth,
For heaven am ever yearning.
’Mid toil and sorrow here I roam,
Far from my heavenly Father’s home.

2 Yet visions of the promised land
By faith my soul obtaineth;
There shall I dwell forevermore
Where Christ in glory reigneth,
In mansions of that bright abode,
The city of the living God. A-men.

3 In that blest city is no night,
Nor any pain or weeping;
There is my treasure, there my heart,
Safe in my Saviour’s keeping;
In heaven, my risen Lord, with thee
May all my thought and living be.

4 How blessèd shall those servants be,
O Lord, at thy returning,
Whose hearts are waiting still for thee,
Whose lamps are trimmed and burning:
Them wilt thou take to dwell with thee
In joy and peace eternally.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: To realms of glory in the skies
• Translator: Claude William Foss, 1855 - 1935
• Author: Johan Olof Wallin, 1779 - 1839
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 8 8.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Ascension; The Life In Christ: Life Everlasting

Tune Information

• Name: MACH'S MIT MIR, GOTT (EISENACH)
• Composer: Johann Hermann Schein, 1586 - 1630
• Meter: 8 7, 8 7, 8 8.
• Key: D Major