56. O Lord, How Blest Our Journey

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by M. Bowley
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O Lord, how blest our journey,
 
Though here on earth we roam,
 
Who find in Abba’s favor
 
Our spirit’s present home:
 
For where Thou now art sitting
 
By faith we’ve found repose,
 
Free to look up to heaven,
 
Since our blest Head arose.
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In spirit there already;
 
Soon we ourselves shall be
 
In soul and body perfect,
 
All glorified with Thee:
 
Thy Father’s love sustains us
 
Along the thorny way,
 
Thy Father’s house, the dwelling
 
Made ready for that day.
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The Comforter, now present,
 
Assures us of Thy love;
 
He is the blessèd earnest
 
Of glory there above:
 
The river of Thy pleasure
 
Is what sustains us now,
 
Till Thy new name’s imprinted
 
On every sinless brow.
“They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.” (Psalm 36:8)
“And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.” (Revelation 22:4)
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Lord, we await Thy glory;
 
We have no home but there,
 
Where the adopted family
 
With us Thy joy shall share.
 
No place can fully please us
 
Where Thou, O Lord, art not;
 
In Thee, and with Thee, ever
 
Is found, by grace, our lot.
“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” (Titus 2:13)
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.” (1 Peter 2:11)
“For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” (Romans 8:15)
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