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198. OUR CONVERSATION IS IN HEAVEN

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​Author:  Karl Philipp Spitta (1801-1859)
​Composer:  Charles Crozat Converse, 1868 (1832-1918)​

1. As a trav’ler home returning
    From some far and distant land,
    Thinks of it with bosom yearning,
    Ere his foot has touched the strand,
    So amid the noisy pleasures
    Of the world the heart oft sighs
    For the nobler, higher treasures
    Laid up for us in the skies.
 
2. All our choice and our endeavor
    Are for Him who gave us love,
    And our soul would live forever
    For Him who came from above.
    Here alone it finds contentment;
    Here alone delights to be;
    Gladly leaves the world’s enchantment
    For the joy it shares with Thee.
 
3. Jesus, like a magnet, raises
    Our faint spirit to the skies;
    And we seem in pray’r and praises
    As on eagle’s wings to rise.
    All our life and conversation
    Is before our Saviour’s face;
    All our thoughts and occupation
    This vain world cannot embrace.
 
4. Should our enemies asperse us,
    Our dear Lord, who loves us so,
    Bids us bless e’en those who curse us
    And to love our greatest foe.
    He, who died for our salvation
    And on us hath life bestowed,
    Wills that by our conversation
    We should glorify our God.
 
5. Can we have our hearts in heaven
    And yet earthly-minded live?
    Can we, who have been forgiven,
    Not forget and not forgive?
    Can we hate an erring brother,
    Only love when we are loved,
    And not bear with one another,
    By Christ’s Holy Spirit moved?
 
6. Nay, no hater or blasphemer,
    None who slander and defame,
    Can be one with the Redeemer,
    Who was gentle as a lamb.
    Love will cause assimilation
    With the object of our love;
    Love will work a transformation
    And renewal from above.
 
7. Let me ne’er from Thee be parted,
    Saviour true and full of love!
    That I may live true and holy,
    Send Thy teaching from above!
    Keep me from the world unspotted,
    That I may not only be
    To Thy service here devoted,
    But abide in heav’n with Thee!

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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
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements