Hymn 258
After this dismal and dark world
Lẹhìn aiye òkunkun yi
- After this dismal and dark world
Eternal glory waits
A country of eternal joy
No mortal eye hath seen - Our eyes long to see half Thy joy
Beautiful city, bright
How our hearts would have wished to leave
This world, the vale of tears - No sickness nor pain will be there
No sorrow will be there,
It's health and joy e'en all day long,
Pleasures that never end - No night in those fair cities bright
It is perpetual day
For sin, the source of all the curse
Will not enter therein - May this cherished hope of heaven
Set all our hearts aflame
Grant to us that this faith and love
Lift high our thoughts to God - O Lord, in mercy, make us meet
For Thy bright courts above,
And grant that our hearts may prepare
To join the heavenly throng. Amin.