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REJOICING.
272 8s and 6s.
Rejoicing in earnest hope.
1 GLORIOUS hope of perfect love !
v-' It lifts me up to things above,
It bears on eagle’s wings ;
It gives my raptured soul a taste,
And makes me for some moments feast
With Jesus’ priests and kings.
2 Rejoicing now in earnest hope
I stand, and from the mountain’s top
See all the land below ;
Rivers of milk and honey rise,
And all the fruits of Paradise
In endless plenty grow.
3 A land of corn, and wine, and oil,
Favored with God’s peculiar smile,
With every blessing blest;
There dwells the Lord our righteousness,
And keeps his own in perfect peace,
And everlasting rest.
4 I have no sharers of my heart
To rob my Saviour of a part;
I execrate the whole ;
Only betrothed to Christ am I,
I wait his coming from the sky
To wed my happy soul.
5 No foot of land do I possess,
No cottage in the wilderness,
A poor wayfaring man ;
I lodge awhile in tents below,
Or only sojourn as I go,
Till I my Canaan gain.
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