ELHB Hymn 561

O Paradise, O Paradise

Frederick W. Faber (1862)

Hymn Text

561. O Paradise, O Paradise

Text and metadata are organized from Hymnary’s ELHB index pages and ELHL1918 instance pages.

1 O Paradise, O Paradise,
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the happy land
Where they that loved are blest;
Refrain:
Where loyal hearts, and true,
Stand ever in the light,
All rapture, through and through,
In God’s most holy sight?
2 O Paradise, O Paradise,
The world is growing old;
Who would not be at rest and free
Where love is never cold; [Refrain]
3 O Paradise, O Paradise,
I greatly long to see
The special place my dearest Lord
In love prepares for me; [Refrain]

Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #561