- 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.