Hymn
The Eden Above
We're bound for the land of the pure and the holy,
The home of the happy, the kingdom of love;
Ye wanderers from God, in the broad road of folly,
O say, will you go to the Eden above?
Will you go, will you go,
Will you go, will you go?
O say, will you go to the Eden above?
In that blessed land, neither sighing nor anguish
Can breathe in the fields where the glorified rove:
Ye heart-burdened ones, who in misery languish,
O say, will you go to the Eden above?
Nor fraud, nor deceit, nor the hand of oppression,
Can injure the dwellers in that holy grove;
No wickedness there, not a shade of transgression;
O say, will you go to the Eden above?
No poverty there, no, the saints are all wealthy,
The heirs of His glory whose nature is love;
No sickness can reach them, that country is healthy;
O say, will you go to the Eden above?
And yet, guilty sinner, we would not forsake thee,
We halt yet a moment as onward we move;
O, come to thy Lord! in his arms he will take thee,
And bear thee along to the Eden above.
The Eden Above — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-eden-above
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Eden Above?
The words of The Eden Above were written by William Hunter; the version here was published in 1886. The library holds 4 more hymns by William Hunter, including Is Not This the Land of Beulah? and The Christian's Rest.
Is The Eden Above public domain?
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