I Had a Dream of Heaven

In my deep­est dream I hear

A dis­tant trum­pet call

Get up and see

come un­to Me:

I sight a gold­en wall—

Behold

Je­ru­sa­lem!

With an­gels round the throne

And em­er­ald rain­bow all aglow

Above a crys­tal sea.

I see the ran­somed saints

A mul­ti­tude un­told

So glo­ri­ous bright

with crowns of light

The vic­tor’s palm they hold;

I hear eter­nal choirs

Singing praise un­to the Lamb

Salvation pow­er burst in­to flower

And ov­er­comes the night.

Proceeding from the throne

Flows a crys­tal riv­er pure

It life be­stows where’er it goes

And ev­ery ill will cure;

Along the wa­ter’s edge

Are trees of fade­less bloom

No more we grieve

for their heal­ing leaves

God’s love and bless­ing show.

I walk the gold­en streets

Where no tempt­er can en­snare

No dark­ness here

no more guilt or fear

No sha­dow any­where;

For no­thing base or false

Can live with­in these walls:

No sec­ret sin can hide with­in

No ev­il in­ter­fere.

Too soon the morn­ing comes

And the veil ob­scures my sight

But now I see what my goal must be

That heav­en­ly ci­ty bright—

The walls whose cor­ner­stone

Is Je­sus Christ our Lord

By faith in Him

the prize we win:

God’s love eter­nal­ly.