Beautiful Waters of Eden

Murmuring soft­ly

car­ol­ing gent­ly

Music en­chant­ing com­eth to me;

Over the wa­ters

beau­ti­ful wa­ters

Where in the home­land soon I shall be.

How like a vi­sion ten­der­ly steal­ing

Over my spir­it

wea­ry

op­pressed;

Drawing me up­ward

urg­ing me for­ward

Telling of sun­shine

rap­ture and rest.

Murmuring soft­ly

car­ol­ing gent­ly

Music en­chant­ing com­eth to me;

Over the wa­ters

beau­ti­ful wa­ters

Where in the home­land soon I shall be.

Silently mus­ing

bliss­ful­ly gaz­ing

Into the fu­ture teem­ing with light

Sweetly the ech­oes float­ing around me

Whisper of Ed­en

love­ly and bright.

Eden

here sum­mer

fade­less

eter­nal

Scatters its ros­es

bloom­ing for aye;

There is no part­ing

there is no weep­ing

Sorrow and sigh­ing van­ish away.

There our Re­deem­er

lov­ing Re­deem­er

Gathers the faith­ful safe on His breast

Out of the chang­ing in­to the change­less

Out of the toil­ing in­to the rest.

Welcome the mo­ment when to His pre­sence

Joyful my spir­it flies like a bird;

O what a mor­row

O what a meet­ing

Eye hath not seen it

ear hath not heard.