How Glorious Is the Life Above

How glo­ri­ous is the life ab­ove

Which in this or­din­ance we taste

That full­ness of ce­les­ti­al love

That joy which shall for ev­er last!

That heav­en­ly life in Christ con­cealed

These earth­en ves­sels could not bear;

The part which now we find re­vealed

No tongue of an­gels can de­clare.

The light of life eter­nal darts

Into our souls a dazz­ling ray;

A drop of Heav­en o’er­flows our hearts

And de­luges the house of clay.

Sure pledge of ec­sta­sies un­known

Shall this di­vine com­mun­ion be:

The ray shall rise in­to a sun

The drop shall swell in­to a sea.