HYMN: What Joy Will Greet Us In That Place
What Joy Will Greet Us In That Place
What joy will greet us in that place
When we with unveiled stare
See in our savior’s ageless face
Our glory mirrored there.
What joy! when we, no longer slaves
To flesh and sin and death,
Exchange this Egypt’s burning rays
For Canaan’s endless rest.
What joy! when sorrows sting no more;
What joy! when death has died;
What joy! in every loss restored,
In tears no longer cried.
What joy! when we, the Bride of Christ,
Made splendid by his love,
Are clothed in festal, spotless white
And seated high above.
What joy! to join with saints around
A sea of glass aflame;
What joy! when praises loud resound
To glorify his name.
What joy! to drink the waters deep
That from God’s temple flow;
What joy! to eat from Eden’s tree,
What joy! to fully know.
We’ve pallid joy while yet we grieve
And toil and long on earth,
Impatient waiting to receive
True joy from death — then birth.
Lord, bring us safe to Zion’s shore
And grant to us at last
That joy that lives forevermore,
That joy that will not pass.
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This is great. I can’t help, though, but hear it in my head to the Kingsfold tune (I heard the voice of Jesus say) instead of St. Agnes.