Hymn
The Worship of Heaven
O for a sweet, inspiring ray,
To animate our feeble strains,
From the bright realms of endless day,
The blissful realms, where Jesus reigns.
There, low before His glorious throne,
Adoring saints and angels fall;
And with delightful worship own,
His smile their bliss, their heaven, their all.
Immortal glories crown His head,
While tuneful hallelujahs rise,
And love, and joy, and triumph spread
Through all th' assemblies of the skies.
He smiles, and seraphs tune their songs
To boundless rapture while they gaze;
Ten thousand thousand joyful tongues
Resound His everlasting praise.
There, all the favorites of the Lamb
Shall join at last the heavenly choir;
O may the joy-inspiring theme
Awake our faith and warm desire.
Dear Saviour, let Thy Spirit seal
Our interest in that blissful place;
Till death remove this mortal veil,
And we behold Thy lovely face.
The Worship of Heaven — Text from International Song Service, 1895. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-worship-of-heaven
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Worship of Heaven?
The words of The Worship of Heaven were written by Anne Steele; the version here was published in 1895. The library holds 47 more hymns by Anne Steele, including When verdure clothes the fertile vale and Morning: Grateful Praise.
Is The Worship of Heaven public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from International Song Service, published in 1895. 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 metre of The Worship of Heaven?
The Worship of Heaven is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, The Glorious Presence, Awake, My Tongue and Living Bread.