Zion's Harp
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103. BLEST ETERNITY

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​Author:  Caspar Heunisch (1620-1690)
​Composer:  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)​

1. O word of joy, eternity,
    Which holds such charms and joy for me,
    O Life without cessation!
    Eternity, from sorrows free,
    Such thoughts bring peace that I can be
    Relieved from earth’s vexation;
    They fill my heart with sweetest cheer,
    When trials and grief assail me here.
 
2. No splendor here can be unfurled
    Which will remain, but with the world
    Shall fall into destruction;
    Eternity will e’er endure;
    Its light and joys, divinely pure,
    Are free from all corruption;
    Yea, God to us did this reveal
    Within His word of sweet appeal.
 
3. It matters not that we endure,
    As martyrs also did of yore,
    The cross and much affliction.
    Although our suff’ring were amassed
    And all upon the balance placed,
    We’d find this full conviction:
    Eternal life doth far outweigh
    All trials for which it doth repay.
 
4. Behold the plight of the condemned,
    How sad their fate without an end,
    Those cast into perdition!
    They ever die, but death comes not;
    They weep and bear the saddest lot
    In mournful, lost condition.
    How great will then that glory be
    For us who from this will be free!
 
5. Throughout the long eternity
    The ransomed host shall dwell with Thee;
    They never shall grow weary.
    Rejoicing with the angels there,
    The blest inheritance they share
    In peace and endless glory.
    As angels, they from manna live,
    Which Christ, true to His promise, gives.
 
6. Ah, how I long now to depart
    To satisfy my weary heart
    With Thee, O life immortal!
    When can I soon to Thee ascend
    To where my thoughts do daily wend
    And enter heaven’s portal?
    I would forget this world and strife
    And work for sweet eternal life.

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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements