PARADISE No. 1 P. M. J. BARNE? O Paradise!O Paradise! Who doth not crave for rest? Who would not seek the happy land, Where they that loved are blest? happy land,Where they that loved are blest? Where loyal hearts and true Stand hearts.........and true eyer in the light; All rapture thro' and thro', In God's most ho ly sight. The Bridegroom comes; a wake! Your lamps with glad-ness take; Hal - le And for His mar-riage feast pre- pare, 994 WAKE, awake! for night is flying; The watchmen on the heights are crying, And for His marriage feast prepare, 2 Zion hears the watchmen singing, And all her heart with joy is springing, She wakes, she rises from her gloom; For her Lord comes down all glorious, The strong in grace, in truth victorious, Her star is risen, her light is come! Ah come, Thou blessed Lord, We follow till the halls we see 3 Now let all the heavens adore Thee, With harp and cymbal's clearest tone; Philip Nicola 1598 |