Chorus of Fire

O! gold­en here­af­ter

Thine ev­ery bright raf­ter

Will shake in the thun­der

Of sanc­ti­fied song;

And ev­ery swift an­gel

Proclaim an ev­an­gel

To sum­mon God’s saints

To the glo­ri­fied throng.

O! chor­us of fire

That will burst from God’s choir

When the loud hal­le­lu­jahs

Leap up from the soul

Till the flow­ers on the hills

And the waves in the rills

Shall trem­ble with joy

In the mu­sic’s deep roll.

O! host with­out num­ber

Awaked from death’s slum­ber

Who walk in white robes

On the em­er­ald shore;

The glo­ry is o’er you

The throne is be­fore you

And weep­ing will come

To your spir­its no more.

O! man­sions eter­nal

In fields ev­er ver­nal

Awaiting your ten­ant­ry

Ransomed from sin

We’ll stand on your pave­ment

No more in en­slave­ment

With home-songs to Je­sus

Who wel­comes us in.

O! Je­sus

our mas­ter

Command to beat fas­ter

These wea­ry life puls­es

That bring us to Thee

Till

past the dark por­tal

We stand up im­mor­tal

And sweep with ho­san­nas

The jas­per lit sea.