Children of the Heavenly King

Children of the heav’n­ly King

As ye jour­ney

sweet­ly sing;

Sing your Sav­ior’s wor­thy praise

Glorious in His works and ways

We are trav’ling home to God

In the way the fa­thers trod;

They are hap­py now

and we

Soon their hap­pi­ness shall see.

Glory be to Je­sus’ name

Glory be to Christ the Lamb;

Through Thy blood were we re­deemed

When we just­ly were con­demned.

O

ye ban­ished seed

be glad!

Christ our ad­vo­cate is made;

Us to save

our flesh as­sumes—

Brother to our souls be­comes.

Shout

ye lit­tle flock

and blest

You on Je­sus’ throne shall rest:

There your seat is now pre­pared—

There your king­dom and re­ward.

Lift your eyes

ye sons of light

Zion’s ci­ty is in sight:

There our end­less home shall be

There our Lord we soon shall see.

Fear not

breth­ren; joy­ful stand

On the bor­ders of your land;

Jesus Christ

your Fa­ther’s Son

Bids you un­dis­mayed go on.

Lord

obe­di­ent we would go

Gladly leav­ing all be­low;

Only Thou our lead­er be;

And we still will fol­low Thee.

For Thee all things we for­sake

We in bet­ter would par­take;

We to great­er bless­ings soar

Unto joys for ev­er­more.

Thither

Lord

us quick­ly bring

There we with Thy host will sing;

Safely hav­ened once in bliss

We will praise Thy right­eous­ness.

Daily us pre­pare and fit

On Thy ho­ly throne to sit!

More and more adorn Thy seed

Meet to tri­umph with our head.

Seal our love

our la­bors end

Let us to Thy bliss as­cend;

Let us to Thy king­dom come;

Lord

we long to be at home.