How sweet to reflect on the joys that await me

How sweet to reflect on the joys that await me

Author: W. C. Tillou
Published in 128 hymnals

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1 How sweet to reflect on those joys that await me
In yon blissful region, the haven of rest;
Where bright, holy angels with welcome shall greet me,
And lead me to mansions prepared for the blest.
Encircled with light, and with glory enshrouded,
My happiness perfect, my mind's sky unclouded,
I'll bathe in the ocean of pleasure unbounded,
And range with delight through the Eden of love.

2 Then hail, blessed state! hail, ye songsters of glory!
Ye harpers of bliss, soon I'll meet you above,
And join your full choir in rehearsing the story,
Salvation from sorrow, through Jesus' love.
Though prisoned in earth, yet by anticipation,
Already my soul feels a sweet prelibation
Of joys that await me when freed from probation;
My heart's now in heaven, the Eden of love.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #1181

Author: W. C. Tillou

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Text Information

First Line: How sweet to reflect on the joys that await me
Author: W. C. Tillou
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

How sweet to reflect on the joys that await me, p. 1572, i. We have found this hymn in the 2nd vol. of Joshua Leavitt's Christian Lyre (N.Y., 1st vol., 1830; 2nd in 1831, No. 78). It is entitled "The Eden of Love." Written by W. C. Tillou, and set to a tune composed for it by John J. Hicks. We know of no reference to Tillou beyond this. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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The Revivalist #253

The Sacred Harp #39

The Sacred Melodeon #d40

The Saints' Harp #d394

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1181

The Social Harp #d138

The Social Harp. Rev. #d166

The South Western Psalmist #d169

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The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #298

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The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #309

The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion. New ed. #d58

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The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion. New edition, thoroughly revised and much enlarged #298

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The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion. New edition, thoroughly revised and much enlarged #309

The Spirit Minstrel. 2nd ed. #d37

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The Sweet Singer of Israel #258

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The Union Harp #98

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d160

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The Virginia Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #703

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The Voice of melody #137

The Wesleyan Harp, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes Suitable for Social Worship. 1st ed. #d50

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The Wesleyan Psalmist, or Songs of Canaan #72

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The Young People's Chorister #204

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The Zion Songster #65

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The Zion Songster #65

Universalist Hymn Book #d225

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Young Singer's Friend #327

Zion's Harp #d59

Zion's Harp ... Sacred Songs Not Found in the Methodist Hymn Book and Many Never Before Published with Several Original Pieces #d136

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