There is a glorious world on high

There is a glorious world on high

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 69 hymnals

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1 There is a glorious world on high,
Resplendent with eternal day;
Faith views the blissful prospect nigh,
While God's own word reveals the way.

2 How blest are those, how truly wise,
Who learn and keep the sacred road!
Happy the men whom heaven employs
To turn rebellious hearts to God!

3 The shining firmament shall fade,
And sparkling stars resign their light:
But these shall know nor change nor shade,
For ever fair, for ever bright.

4 On wings of faith and strong desire,
Oh, may our spirits daily rise;
And reach at last the shining choir,
In the bright mansions of the skies!

Source: Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #447

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

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First Line: There is a glorious world on high
Author: Anne Steele
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #270

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #270

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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #270

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A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #204

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #CCCXIV

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #588

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #488

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #335

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #335

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #336

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #305

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #305

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #296

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #240

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, Embracing all the Varieties of Subjects #H123

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #336

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #336

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #447

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Book of Worship #447

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #326

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Christian Life Songs #181

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Church Choral-Book #101

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Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #a89

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #676

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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #672

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Hymns and Tunes #89

Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d416

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #815

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #815

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #519

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Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #371

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Hymns, Selected and Original #371

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Hymns, Selected from the Most Approved Authors, for the use of Trinity Church, Boston #110

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Hymns #371

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Hymns #371

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Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 1 #90

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d678

Sacred poetry #d454

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Sacred Poetry #aH.CCXXXVII

Sacred Poetry #d452

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Sacred Poetry #H.CCXXXVII

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Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #285

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #191

Songs for Social and Public Worship. Rev. ed. #d418

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Sweet Fields of Eden #119

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d347

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d342

The Christian Psalmist #d654

The Christian Psalter #d555

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The Congregational Hymn Book #1069

The Gospel Hymnal #d607

The Harmoniad and Sacred Melodist #d124

The Imperial Harmony #d272

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #315

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #315

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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #210

The Universalist Hymn Book #d441

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The Universalist Hymn-Book #448

The Victory #d373

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