How cheering is the Christian's hope
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How cheering is the Christian's hope,While toiling here below!It buoys us up while passing throughThis wilderness of woe.
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It points us to a land of rest,Where saints with Christ will reign;Where we shall meet the loved of earth,And never part again,—
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A land where sin can never come,Temptations ne'er annoy.Where happiness will ever dwell,And that without alloy.
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O, how unlike the present worldWill be the one to come!Here, pain and sorrow, care and fear,Attend where'er we roam;
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In that bright world no tears will flow,Death ne'er can enter there;For all who gain that heavenly landWill be as angels are.
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Fly, lingering moments, fly, O, fly,Dear Saviour, quickly come!We long to see thee as thou art,And reach that blissful home.