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How true it is not heart may

1.How true it is not heart may
comprehend
The glory God prepareth for His own,
And what will happen when this age
shall end;
But yet in vision Jesus hath made
known
How fair and holy shall the Church
descend,
Lit up with light of precious jasper
stone.
2.And He shall make His Church all
heavenly fair,
With gold and pearls, and every radiant
stone,
And reign in holiness and glory there,
And shine as suns and stars have never
shone;
And He shall lead His Bride, His joy
and care,
With blissful singing to His Father's
throne.
3.And then the blest communion shall
have come,
Of God's dear children meeting from
afar;
Within His burning love they blend as
one,
Yet each, according as His counsels
are,
Shall have peculiar glory of his own,
As on star differeth from another star.
4.And God is all in all in that great day,
And He is their exceeding great
Reward;
Their stream of life, their beautiful
array,
Their food, their joy, their radiance,
Christ the Lord;
The music of their wondrous song shall
say,
How great the joy that passeth thought
or word.
5.And this is that eternal life of heaven,
Laid up with Christ in God, the
mystery
Of resurrection life which He hath
given:
A fount of living waters full and free;
A life by which the gates of death are
riven,
A life which on the throne of Christ
shall be.
6.And here in this waste wilderness
began,
So soon as we believe in Christ aright,
And quickened by the Spirit of the Son,
Receive Him as our only life and light,
As all the branches in the vine are one,
So we are one forever in His sight.
7.Now come, Lord Jesus, quickly from
above,
Do Thou sustain us on the desert road,
And draw us after Thee by might of
love,
Our Fatherland art Thou, O love of
God;
Once safe in Thee, no more shall we
remove,
O Thou our everlasting sure abode.