My Thoughts Surmount These Lower Skies

Verse 1

My thoughts surmount these lower skies
And look within the veil;
There springs of endless pleasure rise,
The waters never fail.

Verse 2

There I behold with sweet delight
The blessed Three in One;
And strong affections fix my sight
On God’s incarnate Son.

Verse 3

His promise stands for ever firm,
His grace shall ne’er depart;
He binds my name upon his arm,
And seals it on his heart.

Verse 4

Light are the pains that’ nature brings,
How short our sorrows are,
When with eternal future things,
The present we compare!

Verse 5

I would not be a stranger still
To that celestial place,
Where I for ever hope to dwell
Near my Redeemer’s face.