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| 1 | Oh bright and blessèd scenes! | Revelation 21:27; Colossians 3:1-2; Psalm 63:1 |
| Where sin can never come, |
| Whose sight our longing spirit weans |
| From earth where yet we roam. |
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| 2 | And can we call our home | John 14:2; Hebrews 4:9 |
| Our Father's house on high, |
| The rest of God our rest to come, |
| Our place of liberty? |
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| 3 | Yes! in that light unstained, | Revelation 22:5; Jude 1:24; Psalm 42:1-2; Isaiah 11:10; Revelation 14:13 |
| Our stainless souls shall live, |
| Our heart's deep longings more than gained, |
| When God His rest shall give. |
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| 4 | His presence there, my soul, | Psalm 16:11 |
| Its rest, its joy untold, |
| Shall find when endless ages roll, |
| And time shall ne'er grow old. |
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| 5 | Our God the center is, | Revelation 21:22; Revelation 22:3-5; Revelation 5:11-13 |
| His presence fills that land, |
| And countless myriads owned as His, |
| Round Him adoring stand. |
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| 6 | Our God whom we have known, | John 15:9; Zephaniah 3:17 |
| Well known in Jesus' love, |
| Rests in the blessing of His own, |
| Before Himself above. |
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| 7 | Glory supreme is there, | Revelation 21:23; 1 Peter 2:9 |
| Glory that shines through all, |
| More precious still that love to share |
| As those that love did call. |
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| 8 | Like Jesus in that place | 1 John 3:2; Isaiah 53:3; John 1:14 |
| Of light and love supreme; |
| Once Man of Sorrows, full of grace, |
| Heaven's blest and endless theme. |
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| 9 | Like Him! Oh grace supreme! | 1 John 3:2; 1 Corinthians 13:12 |
| Like Him before Thy face, |
| Like Him to know that glory beam |
| Unhindered face to face. |
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| 10 | Oh love supreme and bright! |
| Good to the feeblest heart, |
| That gives us now, as heavenly light, |
| What soon shall be our part. |
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