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THOSE ETERNAL BOWERS.
O city of the Lord! begin
The universal song;
And let the scattered villages
The cheerful notes prolong.
The universal song;
And let the scattered villages
The cheerful notes prolong.
Let Kedar's wilderness afar
Lift up its lonely voice;
And let the tenants of the rock
With accents rude rejoice:
Lift up its lonely voice;
And let the tenants of the rock
With accents rude rejoice:
Till 'midst the streams of distant lands
The islands sound His praise;
And all combined, with one accord,
Jehovah's glories raise.
The islands sound His praise;
And all combined, with one accord,
Jehovah's glories raise.
Those Eternal Bowers.
Those eternal bowers
Man hath never trod,
Those unfading flowers
Round the throne of God:
Who may hope to gain them
After weary fight?
Who at length attain them,
Clad in robes of white?
Man hath never trod,
Those unfading flowers
Round the throne of God:
Who may hope to gain them
After weary fight?
Who at length attain them,
Clad in robes of white?
He who gladly barters
All on earthly ground;
He who, like the martyrs,
Says, "I will be crowned:"
He whose one oblation
Is a life of love,
Clinging to the nation
Of the blest above.
All on earthly ground;
He who, like the martyrs,
Says, "I will be crowned:"
He whose one oblation
Is a life of love,
Clinging to the nation
Of the blest above.
Shame upon you, legions
Of the heavenly King,
Denizens of regions
Past imagining!
What! with pipe and tabor
Pool away the light?
When He bids you labour—
When He tells you, "Fight!"
Of the heavenly King,
Denizens of regions
Past imagining!
What! with pipe and tabor
Pool away the light?
When He bids you labour—
When He tells you, "Fight!"