There is a dwelling place above

There is a dwelling place above

Author: Richard Mant (1831)
Tune: TUNE 256
Published in 14 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 There is a dwelling place above;
Thither, to meet the God of love,
The poor in spirit go.
There is a paradise of rest;
For contrite hearts and souls distressed
Its streams of comfort flow.

2 There is a goodly heritage
Where earthly passions cease to rage;
The meek that haven gain;
There is a board, where those who pine,
Hungry, athirst, for grace divine,
May feast, nor crave again.

3 There is a voice of mercy true;
To them whose mercy’s path pursue
That voice shall bliss impart;
There is a sight from man concealed;
That sight, the face of God revealed,
Shall bless the pure in heart.

4 There is a name, in Heav’n bestowed;
That name, which hails them sons of God,
The friends of peace shall know;
There is a kingdom in the sky,
Where they shall reign with God on high,
Who serve Him best below.

5 Lord! be it mine like them to choose
The better part, like them to use
The means Thy love hath giv’n;
Be holiness my aim on earth,
That death be welcomed as a birth
To life and bliss in Heav’n!

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #11995

Author: Richard Mant

Mant, Richard D.D., son of the Rev. Richard Mant, Master of the Grammar School, Southampton, was born at Southampton, Feb. 12, 1776. He was educated at Winchester and Trinity, Oxford (B.A. 1797, M.A., 1799). At Oxford he won the Chancellor's prize for an English essay: was a Fellow of Oriel, and for some time College Tutor. On taking Holy Orders he was successively curate to his father, then of one or two other places, Vicar of Coggeshall, Essex, 1810; Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1813, Rector of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London. 1816, and East Horsley, 1818, Bishop of Killaloe, 1820, of Down and Connor, 1823, and of Dromore, 1842. He was also Bampton Lecturer in 1811. He died Nov. 2, 1848. His prose works were numerou… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: There is a dwelling place above
Author: Richard Mant (1831)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #11995
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 14 of 14)
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Hymns for the Reformed Church in the United States #391

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Hymns of the Ages (3rd series) #297

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Salvation Army Songs #352

The Book of Praise #d360

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The Book of Worship #536

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The Churchman's Treasury of Song #286

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #1470

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The College Hymnal #494

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #11995

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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #517

The Hymns for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Congregations #d478

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The Salvation Army Music #139

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #346

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The Spirit of Praise #182

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