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Hebrews 11:16.
Know ye that better land,
Where care’s unknown?
Know ye that blesséd band
Around the throne?
There, there is happiness,
There streams of purest bliss;
There, there are rest and peace—
There, there alone.
2 Yes, yes, we know that place,
We know it well;
Eye hath not seen his face,
Tongue can not tell;
There are the angels bright,
There saints enrobed in white,
All, all are clothed in light—
There, there they dwell.
3 O! we are weary here,
A little band,
Yet soon in glory there
We hope to stand;
Then let us haste away,
Speed o’er this world’s dark way,
Unto that land of day—
That better land.
4 Come! hasten that sweet day,
Let time begone,
Come! Lord, make no delay,
On thy white throne;
Thy face we wish to see,
To dwell and reign with thee,
And, thine for ever be—
Thine, thine alone.