"Absent" appears in 9 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
Absent
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Absent from flesh! O blissful thought!
What unknown joys this moment brings!...
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Absent from flesh! O blissful thought!
What unknown joys this moment brings!
...The Church has waited long,
Her absent Lord to see,
And still in loneliness she waits,...
The Church has waited long,
Her absent Lord to see,
And still in loneliness she waits,
...This only safe retreat.
Absent from Thee, my guide, my light,
Without one cheering ray,...
This only safe retreat.
Absent from Thee, my guide, my light,
Without one cheering ray,
...A son’s eternal place.
Absent as yet, we rest in hope,
Treading the desert path,...
A son’s eternal place.
Absent as yet, we rest in hope,
Treading the desert path,
...A son’s eternal place.
Absent as yet, we rest in hope,
Treading the desert path,...
A son’s eternal place.
Absent as yet, we rest in hope,
Treading the desert path,
...In everlasting life.
Absent, alas! from God,
We in the body mourn;...
In everlasting life.
Absent, alas! from God,
We in the body mourn;
...My spirit may be free,
As absent from the body,
At home, O Lord, with Thee....
My spirit may be free,
As absent from the body,
At home, O Lord, with Thee.
...Here in the body pent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent...
Here in the body pent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
...Now let me see Thy face, and live.
Absent from Thee, my exiled soul
Deep in a fleshly dungeon groans;...
Now let me see Thy face, and live.
Absent from Thee, my exiled soul
Deep in a fleshly dungeon groans;
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