Oh, glorious hope of perfect love ! It lifts me up to things above ; It bears on eagle's wings ; It gives my ravished soul a taste, And makes me for some moments With Jesus' priests and kings, [feast
2. Rejoicing now in earnest hope, I stand, and from the mountain-top See all the land below : Rivers of milk and honey rise, And all the fruits of paradise In endless plenty grow.
3. A land of corn, and wine, and oil. Favoured with God's peculiar smile, With every blessing blest; [ness, There dwells the Lord our Righteous- And keeps His own in perfect peace And everlasting rest.
4. Oh, that at once I might go up ! No more on this side Jordan stop, But now the land possess : This moment end my legal years, Sorrows, and sins, and doubts, and fears, A howling wilderness.
5. Now, O my Joshua, bring me in ! Cast out Thy foes ; the inward sin, The stony heart remove ; The purchase of Thy death divide ; And oh, with all the sanctified, Give me Thy perfect love.