REJOICE for a brother deceased,
Our loss is his infinite gain;
A soul out of prison released,
And freed from its bodily chain;
With songs let us follow his flight,
And mount with his spirit above,
Escaped to the mansions of light,
And lodged in the Eden of love.
Our brother the haven hath gained,
Out-flying the tempest and wind,
His rest he hath sooner obtained,
And left his companions behind,
Still tossed on a sea of distress,
Hard toiling to make the blest shore,
Where all is assurance and peace,
And sorrow and sin are no more.
There all the ship’s company meet
Who sailed with the Saviour beneath;
With shouting each other they greet,
And triumph o’er trouble and death:
The voyage of life’s at an end,
The mortal affliction is past;
The age that in heaven they spend,
For ever and ever shall last.
Charles Wesley
And for a sister, Charles.
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Kim 05.09.10 at 12:21 pm
I preached on heaven this morning. We sang “Love divine” to conclude the service - with such gusto that I’m sure the good folk at Sketty Methodist, around the corner, could hear us!
fat prophet 05.09.10 at 2:44 pm
Hi Richard, any idea of the tune for this hymn?
Richard 05.09.10 at 11:33 pm
Not off the top, no. But it was 973 in MHB.
Tony Buglass 05.10.10 at 9:28 am
Which was Springfield (11.10.11.10); that isn’t in HAP, but 11.10.11.10 tunes listed there are 700 (ii) (Epiphany Hymn), 236 (Highwood), 411, 412 (Intercessor), 123(ii) (Jesmian), 479 (Liebster Immanuel), 370 (O Perfect Love), 343(ii) (Quedlinburg), 123 (i) (Spean), 343 (i) (Stewardship), 366 (Strength and Stay), 700 (i) Was Lebet), and 798 (Zu Meinem Herrn).
Richard 05.10.10 at 9:35 am
Thanks for that, Tony. I can’t find my MHB with tunes.
fat prophet 05.10.10 at 10:14 pm
Thanks Tony very useful information - will have a look at it - might even use it in a service