The Christian Soldier

Verse 1

Oh, glorious hope of perfect love! It lifts me up to things above; It bears on eagles' wings. It gives my ravished soul a taste, And makes me for some moments feast With Jesus' priests and kings, With Jesus' priests and kings.

Verse 2

Rejoicing now in earnest hope, I stand, and from the mountaintop See all the land below. Rivers of milk and honey rise, And all the fruits of paradise In endless plenty grow, In endless plenty grow.

Verse 3

A land of corn, and wine, and oil; Favored with God's peculiar smile, With ev'ry blessing blest; There dwells the Lord our Righteousness, And deeps His own in perfect peace, And everlasting rest, And everlasting rest.

Verse 4

Oh, that I might at once 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, A howling wilderness!