The Voice of Praise ‎#946

946. Sweet rivers of redeeming love

1 Sweet rivers of redeeming love
Lie just before mine eye,
Had I the pinions of a dove,
I'd to those rivers fly--
I'd rise superior to my pain,
With joy outstrip the wind;
Would cross cold Jordan's stormy main,
And leave the world behind.

2 I view the monster death, and smile,
Now he has lost his sting;
Though Satan rages all the while,
I still in triumph sing;
By faith I see the radiant throne,
The crown of life for me,
By faith I claim it as my own,
And wait my Lord to see.

3 In a few toilsome years, at most,
My sorrows will be o'er;
Then shall I join the heavenly host
On Canaan's happy shore,
My raptured soul with joy shall drink
Of love's unbounded sea,
And only live to speak and think
Of him who died for me.

Text Information

• First Line: Sweet rivers of redeeming love
• Author: Anon.
• Meter: C. M. (Double.)
• Publication Date: 1873
• Topic: Heaven; Glimpses of Glory

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