Now Let Our Souls on Wings Sublime

Now let our souls on wings sub­lime

Rise from the va­ni­ties of time

Draw back the part­ing veil and see

The glo­ries of eter­ni­ty.

Born by a new ce­les­ti­al birth

Why should we gro­vel here on earth?

Why grasp at tran­si­to­ry toys

So near to Heav’n’s eter­nal joys.

Shall aught be­guile us on the road

When we are walk­ing back to God?

For strang­ers in­to life we come

And dy­ing is but go­ing home.

Welcome sweet hour of full dis­charge

That sets our long­ing souls at large.

Unbinds our chains

breaks up our cell

And gives us with our God to dwell.

To dwell with God

to feel His love

Is the full Heav’n en­joyed above;

And the sweet ex­pec­ta­tion now

Is the young dawn of Heav’n be­low.