The Heavenly Vision

O trans­port­ing scene!

O rap­tur­ous dream

Which unal­loyed plea­sures be­stow

Where Christ is the beam

That shines o’er the stream

That flows dark­ly the val­ley be­low.

Will you go to that land

To that beau­ti­ful stand

Where nev­er­more com­eth the night

And the Sav­ior of men

Will re­veal to us then

His trea­sures of grace and de­light.

His love and His care

Lead up­ward to where

The flow­ers are al­ways in bloom

And win­ter’s chill air

And sum­mer­time glare

Are dis­pelled in the sweet­est per­fume.

Where faith’s bril­liant light

Adds strength to our sight

In vi­sions of rap­ture and love;

Where lives are made bright

And souls in their flight

Wing their way to the man­sions ab­ove.