Raise Thee, My Soul, Fly Up, and Run

Verse 1

Raise thee, my soul, fly up, and run
Thro’ every heavenly street,
And say, there’s nought below the sun
That’s worthy of thy feet.

Verse 2

[Thus will we mount on sacred wings,
And tread the courts above;
Nor earth, nor all her mightiest things
Shall tempt our meanest love.]

Verse 3

There on a high majestic throne
Th’ Almighty Father reigns,
And sheds his glorious goodness down
On all the blissful plains.

Verse 4

Bright like a sun the Saviour sits,
And spreads eternal noon,
No evenings there, nor gloomy nights,
To want the feeble moon.

Verse 5

Amidst those ever-shining skies
Behold the sacred Dove,
While banish’d sin and sorrow flies
From all the realms of love.

Verse 6

The glorious tenants of the place
Stand bending round the throne;
And saints and seraphs sing and praise
The infinite Three One.

Verse 7

[But O what beams of heavenly grace
Transport them all the while!
Ten thousand smiles from Jesus’ face,
And love in every smile!]

Verse 8

[Jesus, and when shall that dear day,
That joyful hour appear,
When I shall leave this house of clay
To dwell amongst them there?]