"Lord of the Worlds Above" by Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Text From: THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942) p.337 1. Lord of the worlds above, How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of Thy love, Thine earthly temples are! To Thine abode My heart aspires With warm desires To see my God. 2. The sparrow, for her young, With pleasure seeks her nest, And wandering swallows long To find their wonted rest. My spirit faints With equal zeal To rise and dwell Among Thy saints. 3. Oh, happy souls who pray Where God appoints to hear! Oh, happy men who pay Their constant service there! They praise Thee still; And happy they Who love the way To Zion's hill. 4. They go from strength to strength Through this dark vale of tears Till each arrives at length, Till each in heaven appears, Oh, glorious seat When God, our King, Shall thither bring Our willing feet! ______________________________________________________ Text from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_ Notes from _The Lutheran Hymnal_ Hymn #480 Text: Ps. 84 Author: Isaac Watts, 1719, cento Composer: John Darwall, 1770 Tune: "Darwall's 148th" ______________________________________________________________ This text was converted to ascii format for Project Wittenberg by Cindy A. Beesley and is in the public domain. You may freely distribute, copy or print this text. Please direct any comments or suggestions to: Rev. Robert E. Smith of the Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary. E-mail: bob_smith@ctsfw.edu Surface Mail: 6600 N. Clinton St., Ft. Wayne, IN 46825 USA Phone: (219) 452-2148 Fax: (219) 452-2126 "Lord of the Worlds Above" by Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Text From: THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942) p.337 1. Lord of the worlds above, How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of Thy love, Thine earthly temples are! To Thine abode My heart aspires With warm desires To see my God. 2. The sparrow, for her young, With pleasure seeks her nest, And wandering swallows long To find their wonted rest. My spirit faints With equal zeal To rise and dwell Among Thy saints. 3. Oh, happy souls who pray Where God appoints to hear! Oh, happy men who pay Their constant service there! They praise Thee still; And happy they Who love the way To Zion's hill. 4. They go from strength to strength Through this dark vale of tears Till each arrives at length, Till each in heaven appears, Oh, glorious seat When God, our King, Shall thither bring Our willing feet! ______________________________________________________ Text from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_ Notes from _The Lutheran Hymnal_ Hymn #480 Text: Ps. 84 Author: Isaac Watts, 1719, cento Composer: John Darwall, 1770 Tune: "Darwall's 148th" ______________________________________________________________ This text was converted to ascii format for Project Wittenberg by Cindy A. Beesley and is in the public domain. You may freely distribute, copy or print this text. Please direct any comments or suggestions to: Rev. Robert E. Smith of the Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary. E-mail: bob_smith@ctsfw.edu Surface Mail: 6600 N. Clinton St., Ft. Wayne, IN 46825 USA Phone: (219) 452-2148 Fax: (219) 452-2126 ______________________________________________________________