Reward of Saints

We have heard from the bright, the holy land

No. 1010
Metre P. M.
Tune WE HAVE HEARD.
Words W. H. Hyde.
Music Unknown.
Key A major
Singing key G major
Time 6/8
4 stanzas

Words

We have heard from the bright, the holy land,We have heard and our hearts are glad;For we were a lonely pilgrim band,And weary, and worn, and sad.They tell us the saints have a dwelling there;—No longer are homeless ones;And we know that the goodly land is fair,Where life's pure river runs.

They say green fields are waving there,That never a blight shall know;And the deserts wild are blooming fair,And the roses of Sharon grow.There are lovely birds in the bowers green,Their songs are blithe and sweet;And their warblings, gushing ever new,The angels' harpings greet.

We have heard of the palms, the robes, the crowns,And the silvery band in white;Of the city fair, with pearly gates,All radiant with light.We have heard of the angels there, and saints,With their harps of gold, how they sing:Of the mount, with the fruitful tree of life,Of the leaves that healing bring.

The King of that country, he is fair,He's the joy and light of the place;In his beauty we shall behold him there,And bask in his smiling face.We'll be there, we'll be there in a little while,We'll join the pure and the blest;We'll have the palm, the robe, the crown,And forever be at rest.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «REWARD OF SAINTS.»; hymn number «1010» (large), tune name «WE HAVE HEARD.» with the meter «P. M.» centred over the music, «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals; the middle letters crossed by an owner's pen stroke). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one line per system (two verse lines per system), with «1.» before «We»; «weary,» and «longer» are set unbroken under two notes; «ho - ly», «lone - ly», «dwell - ing», «home - less», «good - ly», «riv - er» with spaced hyphens, «pil-grim» closed. Stanzas 2–4 follow as text in two columns (stanza 3 continues at the top of the right column), numbered «2», «3», «4» without a full stop (numbered «2.» etc. here like stanza 1), with «W. H. Hyde.» in italics after stanza 4. Lines 2, 4, 6, 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. Three over-long verse lines are turned over in the print («… the robes, / the crowns,», «… there, and / saints,», «… in a little / while,»); each is one line here. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («there ;—No», «ones ;», «know ;», «sing :»); it is closed up here, as is the hair space in «We'll». No reference line is printed (the hymn has its own music). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Owner's handwritten notes on the page («W.H Hyde», «CH 305», words in the top margin and a vertical note with «(1849)» in the left margin) are not printed matter and are not transcribed.