O Paradise!

Verse 1

O golden day, O day of God, When sinless souls the garden trod! In bliss supreme, ‘neath sunny skies, In Eden fair, in Paradise.

Chorus

O Paradise, sweet Paradise, From scenes of earth we long to rise; O paradise, bright Paradise, Where Jesus reigns beyond the skies.

Verse 2

The fatal fall, the sin, the shame, The death, the doom, the sword aflame, The curse, the crime beyond disguise, The earth no more in Paradise.

Verse 3

The beaded brow, the silvered hair, The aching heart, the vacant chair, The grassy graves, the broken ties, Are not the scenes of Paradise.

Verse 4

To Christ the Lord upon the tree, A sinner cries:— “Remember me!” “Today shalt thou,” the Lord replies, “Be with me there in Paradise.”

Verse 5

O golden day when Christ descends, The curse removes and sorrow ends; All glory-clad, the ransomed rise To reign with Him in Paradise.