Beyond the Glittering, Starry Skies

Beyond the glit­ter­ing star­ry skies

Far as th’eter­nal hills

There

in the bound­less worlds of light

Our great Re­deem­er dwells.

Legions of an­gels

strong and fair

In count­less ar­mies shine

At His right hand with

gold­en harps

To of­fer songs di­vine.

Hail

Prince! they cry

for ev­er hail!

Whose un­ex­am­pled love

Moved Thee to quit these glo­ri­ous realms

And ro­yal­ties ab­ove.

While He did con­des­cend on earth

To suf­fer rude dis­dain

They cast their hon­ors at His feet

And wait­ed in His train.

Through all His tra­vels here be­low

They did His steps at­tend:

Oft gazed and won­dered where at last

This scene of love would end!

They saw His heart trans­fixed with wounds

His crim­son sweat and gore

They saw Him break the bars of death

Which none e’er brake be­fore.

They brought His cha­ri­ot from ab­ove

To bear Him to His throne

Clapped their tri­umph­ant wings and cried

The glo­ri­ous work is done!