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  1. 1Dark and thorny is the desert,
  2. Through which pilgrims make their way;
  3. But beyond this vale of sorrows
  4. Lie the fields of endless day.
  5. Fiends, loud howling through the desert,
  6. Make them tremble as they go;
  7. And the fiery darts of Satan
  8. Often bring their courage low.
  9. 2O, young soldiers, are you weary
  10. Of the troubles of the way?
  11. Does your strength begin to fail you,
  12. And your vigor to decay?
  13. Jesus, Jesus, will go with you,
  14. He will lead you to his throne;
  15. He who dyed his garments for you,
  16. And the wine press trod alone.
  17. 3He whose thunder shakes creation,
  18. He who bids the planets roll;
  19. He who rides upon the tempest,
  20. And whose sceptre sways the whole.
  21. Round him are ten thousand angels,
  22. Ready to obey command;
  23. They are always hovering round you,
  24. Till you reach the heavenly land.
  25. 4There, on flowery hills of pleasure,
  26. In the fields of endless rest,
  27. Love, and joy, and peace shall ever
  28. Reign and triumph in your breast.
  29. Who can paint those scenes of glory,
  30. Where the ransomed dwell on high?
  31. Where the golden harps for ever
  32. Sound redemption through the sky?
  33. 5Millions there of flaming seraphs
  34. Fly across the heavenly plain;
  35. There they sing immortal praise--
  36. Glory! glory! is their strain:
  37. But methinks a sweeter concert
  38. Makes the heavenly arches ring,
  39. And a song is heard in Zion
  40. Which the angels cannot sing.
  41. 6See the heavenly host, in rapture,
  42. Gaze upon this shining band;
  43. Wondering at their costly garments,
  44. And the laurels in their hand!
  45. There, upon the golden pavement,
  46. See the ransomed march along,
  47. While the splendid courts of glory
  48. Sweetly echo to their song.
  49. 7O their crowns, how bright they sparkle!
  50. Such as monarchs never wear;
  51. They are gone to heavenly pastures--
  52. Jesus is their Shepherd there.
  53. Hail, ye happy, happy spirits!
  54. Welcome to this blissful plain!--
  55. Glory, honor, and salvation!
  56. Reign, sweet Shepherd, ever reign.

About this music

HYFRYDOL — Rowland Hugh Prichard. 'HyFrydol' Rowland H. Prichard, 1830. Setting: "The English Hymnal", 1906.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The English Hymnal' 1906, Hymn 563. Arrangement - NOT PRICHARD per English hymnal, 1906 assume RV Williams; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Farther on, but how much farther page.

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