HYMN 7. 8 lines 8s

1 Away with our sorrow and fear,
We soon shall recover our home;
The city of saints shall appear;
The day of eternity come. From earth we shall quickly remove,
And mount to our native abode
The house of our Father above,
The palace of angels and God.MIM 12.3

2 Our mourning is all at an end,
When, raised by the life-giving Word,
We see the new city descend,
Adorned as a bride for her Lord:
The city so holy and clean,
No sorrow can breathe in the air;
No gloom of affliction or sin;
No shadow of evil is there!MIM 13.1

3 By faith we already behold
That lovely Jerusalem here;
Her walls are of jasper and gold,
As crystal her buildings are clear:
Immovably founded in grace,
She stands, as she ever hath stood,
And brightly her Builder displays,
And flames with the glory of God.MIM 13.2

4 No need of the sun in that day,
Which never is followed by night,
Where Jesus’s beauties display
A pure and a permanent light: The Lamb is their light and their sun,
And, lo! by reflection they shine;
With Jesus ineffably one,
And bright in effulgence divine!MIM 13.3

5 The saints in his presence receive
Their great and eternal reward;
In Jesus, in heaven they live,
They reign in the smile of their Lord!
The flame of angelical love
Is kindled at Jesus’s face;
And all the enjoyment above
Consists in the rapturous gaze.MIM 14.1