Adventist Pioneer Library

Worship — Adoration of Christ

Beyond the starry skies

  • No. 126
  • Words Daniel Turner.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Beyond the starry skies,
Far as the eternal hills,
There in the boundless world of light
Our great Redeemer dwells.
Around him angels fair
In countless armies shine;
And ever, in exalted lays,
They offer songs divine.

2

"Hail, Prince of life!" they cry,
"Whose unexampled love
Moved thee *to* quit these glorious realms
And royalties above."
And when he stooped to earth,
And suffered rude disdain,
They cast their honors at his feet,
And waited in his train.

3

They saw him on the cross,
While darkness vailed the skies;
And when he burst the gates of death,
They saw the Conqueror rise.
They thronged his chariot wheels,
And bore him *to* his throne;
Then swept their golden harps and sung,
"That glorious work is done."

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «126», reference line «899, 817.» in italics (sing to the tune of hymn 899 or 817); the whole hymn stands in the right column of p. 46, below the music of hymn 125, and ends there with «Daniel Turner.» in italics. The first word «BEYOND» is set in capitals and small capitals. In stanza 2, line 3 («Moved thee *to* quit») and stanza 3, line 6 («And bore him *to* his throne») the word «to» is printed in italic type, kept here as *to*. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («shine ;», «life !», «skies ;», «throne ;»); it is closed up here. Typographic quotation marks are written straight. Spelling («honors», «vailed»), punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is S. M. D., 6.6.8.6.D). Lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — Adoration of Christ · No. 126 · printed page 46
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30