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 * The church of the first-born,
 * We shall with them be blest,

And crown'd with endless joy return To our eternal rest.


 * With joy we shall behold
 * In yonder blest abode

The patriarchs and prophets old,
 * And all the saints of God;
 * Abraham and Isaac there,
 * And Jacob shall receive

The followers of their faith and prayer, Who now in bodies live.


 * We shall our time beneath
 * Live out in cheerful hope,

And fearless pass the vale of death,
 * And gain the mountain-top:
 * To gather home His own
 * God shall His angels send,

And bid our bliss on earth begun
 * In endless triumphs end.


 * us ever dwell
 * On the transporting thought!

We shall the joys of Jesus feel,
 * Up to His bosom caught
 * We shall His glory see,
 * In silent raptures gaze,

The Man that hung upon the tree
 * We shall behold His face.