Hymn
The Hope of Heaven
- Writer
- Charles Wesley
- Theme
- Heaven
How happy every child of grace,
Who knows his sins forgiven!
This earth, he cries, is not my place,
I seek my place in heaven;
A country far from mortal sight,
Yet, O, by faith I see
The land of rest, the saint's delight,
The heaven prepared for me.
O what a blessed hope is ours!
While here on earth we stay
We more than taste the heavenly powers,
And antedate that day.
We feel the resurrection near,
Our life in Christ concealed,
And with his glorious presence here
Our earthen vessels filled.
On him with rapture I shall gaze,
Who bought the bliss for me,
And shout and wonder at his grace
Through all eternity.
The Hope of Heaven — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-hope-of-heaven
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Hope of Heaven?
The words of The Hope of Heaven were written by Charles Wesley; the version here was published in 1886. The library holds 105 more hymns by Charles Wesley, including The Pressure of Sin and Glory Be to God on High.
Is The Hope of Heaven public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1886. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the meter of The Hope of Heaven?
The Hope of Heaven is in Common Meter (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Soon as I heard my Father say, A Warning From the Grave and Humility and Submission.