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HOPE (Remsberg)

Meter: 8.8.8. Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. L. Remsberg Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 12333 34327 12234

We speak of the realms of the blest

Author: Elizabeth K. Mills Meter: 8.8.8. Appears in 373 hymnals Lyrics: 1 We speak of the realms of the blest, That country so bright and so fair, And oft are its glories confessed; But what must it be to be there! 2 We speak of its pathways of gold, Its walls decked with jewels so rare, Its wonders and pleasures untold; But what must it be to be there! 3 We speak of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation, and care, From trials without and within; But what must it be to be there! 4 We speak of its service of love, The robes which the glorified wear, The Church of the First-born above; But what must it be to be there! 5 Do Thou, Lord, 'mid sorrow and woe, Still for heaven my spirit prepare, And shortly I also shall know And feel what it is to be there. Amen. Topics: Heaven Bliss of; Heaven Glory of Used With Tune: HOPE

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We speak of the realms of the blest

Hymnal: Book of Worship #585 (1881) Languages: English Tune Title: HOPE

We speak of the realms of the blest

Author: Elizabeth K. Mills Hymnal: Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #600 (1899) Meter: 8.8.8. Lyrics: 1 We speak of the realms of the blest, That country so bright and so fair, And oft are its glories confessed; But what must it be to be there! 2 We speak of its pathways of gold, Its walls decked with jewels so rare, Its wonders and pleasures untold; But what must it be to be there! 3 We speak of its freedom from sin, From sorrow, temptation, and care, From trials without and within; But what must it be to be there! 4 We speak of its service of love, The robes which the glorified wear, The Church of the First-born above; But what must it be to be there! 5 Do Thou, Lord, 'mid sorrow and woe, Still for heaven my spirit prepare, And shortly I also shall know And feel what it is to be there. Amen. Topics: Heaven Bliss of; Heaven Glory of Languages: English Tune Title: HOPE

Realms of the Blest

Hymnal: Augsburg Songs for Sunday Schools and other services #192 (1885) First Line: We speak of the realms of the blest Topics: Heaven Languages: English Tune Title: [We speak of the realms of the blest]

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Elizabeth Mills

1805 - 1829 Person Name: Elizabeth K. Mills Author of "We speak of the realms of the blest" in Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes Mills, Elizabeth, née King, daughter of Philip King, was born at Stoke Newington in 1805; married to Thomas Mills, M.P., and died at Finsbury Place, London, April 21, 1829. Her popular hymn:— We speak of the realms of the blest. [Heaven] is thus annotated in Miller's Singers and Songs, &c, 1869, p. 483: "We are much indebted to John Remington Mills, Esq., M.P. for information about this hymn, written by his accomplished relative. The original has 6 st. and was composed after reading ‘Bridges on the 119th Psalm' (on ver. 44, p. 116), ‘We speak of heaven, but oh! to be there.' . . . Already deservedly a favourite, new interest will be added to this hymn when we know that the authoress was early called to ‘the realms of the blest,' of which she sang so sweetly, and that she wrote this hymn a few weeks before her death." The text of this hymn is usually given in an imperfect form. The corrections are supplied by W. F. Stevenson in his Hymns for Church and Home, 1873, "Children's Hymns," No. 151, and the note thereon. Few children's hymns have been received with more favour. It is found in almost every hymn-book published for Children in Great Britain and America during the last fifty years. In some collections it begins, "We sing of the land of the blest"; and in others,"We talk of the land of the blest," --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)