ELHB Hymn 561
O Paradise, O Paradise
Frederick W. Faber (1862)
Hymn Text
561. O Paradise, O Paradise
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1 O Paradise, O Paradise,
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the happy land
Where they that loved are blest;
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?
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]
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]
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