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“AND THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT THERE.”
O world where is no night!
When shall the shadows flee,
When will the morning rise for me,
And never more shall mist or darkness be?
Dawn quickly on my sight,
Fair world where is no night!
When shall the shadows flee,
When will the morning rise for me,
And never more shall mist or darkness be?
Dawn quickly on my sight,
Fair world where is no night!
O world where is no night!
How often in my dreams,
Through heav'n's great door which open seems,
There flash upon my vision golden gleams
And rays of sunny light,
Fair world where is no night!
How often in my dreams,
Through heav'n's great door which open seems,
There flash upon my vision golden gleams
And rays of sunny light,
Fair world where is no night!
O world where is no night!
For which I yearn and sigh,
So close unto the straining eye
Thy radiant glories seem at times to lie,
They almost are in sight,
Fair world where is no night!
For which I yearn and sigh,
So close unto the straining eye
Thy radiant glories seem at times to lie,
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Fair world where is no night!
O world where is no night!
So far and yet so near,
Sometimes I almost seem to hear
The music of the harpers, sweet and clear,
Then thrill I with delight,
Fair world where is no night!
So far and yet so near,
Sometimes I almost seem to hear
The music of the harpers, sweet and clear,
Then thrill I with delight,
Fair world where is no night!
O world where is no night!
Here on this hither strand,
With outstretched eager arms I stand
Longing to reach the wonders of that land
Where faith is turned to sight,
Fair world where is no night!
Here on this hither strand,
With outstretched eager arms I stand
Longing to reach the wonders of that land
Where faith is turned to sight,
Fair world where is no night!
O world where is no night!
On this dark dreary shore,
I crave the light which evermore
Floods with its splendour heaven's jasper floor,
So beautiful, so bright,
Fair world where is no night!
On this dark dreary shore,
I crave the light which evermore
Floods with its splendour heaven's jasper floor,
So beautiful, so bright,
Fair world where is no night!
O world where is no night!
How many that we love
Have gained the happy home above,
Where they shall ever in Christ's Presence move,
Walking with Him in white,
Fair world where is no night!
How many that we love
Have gained the happy home above,
Where they shall ever in Christ's Presence move,
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Fair world where is no night!
O world where is no night!
When, when shall it once be
That I shall find myself in Thee,
And all Thy wonders, all Thy glories see?
Would God that now I might,
Fair world where is no night!
When, when shall it once be
That I shall find myself in Thee,
And all Thy wonders, all Thy glories see?
Would God that now I might,
Fair world where is no night!
O world where is no night!
How welcome and how sweet
Thy rest, for these world-weary feet!
But sweeter far my Saviour there to meet,
For Jesus is thy Light,
Fair world where is no night!
How welcome and how sweet
Thy rest, for these world-weary feet!
But sweeter far my Saviour there to meet,
For Jesus is thy Light,
Fair world where is no night!
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