Hand in hand to heaven.
CENTRE of our hopes thou art;
End of our enlarged desires:
Stamp thine image on our heart;
Fill us now with heavenly fires:
Join’d to thee by love divine,
Seal our souls forever thine.
2 All our works in thee be wrought,
Level’d at one common aim:
Every word and every thought
Purge in the refining flame:
Lead us, through the paths of peace,
On to perfect holiness.
3 Let us all together rise,—
To thy glorious life restored;
Here regain our Paradise,—
Here prepare to meet our Lord:
Here enjoy the earnest given:
Travel hand in hand to heaven.
Charles Wesley
Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1870 edition)
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