Christ My Song - 676
Sing without ceasing, sing - The upward way
(John Nelson Darby/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
The upward way.
(1856)
1. Sing without ceasing, sing
the Saviour's present grace;
how all things shine
in light divine
for those who've seen his face. (PDF - Midi)
2. He's gone within the veil,
for us that place he's won;
in him we stand,
a heavenly band,
where he himself is gone.
3. There's all unsullied light;
my heart lets in its rays,
and heavenly light
makes all things bright,
seen in that blissful gaze.
4. Such here on earth I am,
though I in weakness roam;
my place on high,
God's Self so nigh,
his presence is my home.
5. My heart is filled with bliss –
heaven's own eternal joys;
my soul at rest,
of peace possessed,
that world its strength employs.
6. Thus, in divine delight
of love so richly known,
God's works below
with beauty glow;
his hand, his grace, I own.
7. And stayed by joy divine,
as hireling fills his day,
through scenes of strife
and desert life
I tread in peace my way.
8. That way is upward still,
where life and glory are;
my rest's above,
in perfect love
the glory I shall share –
9. for ever with the Lord,
for ever like him then –
and see his face
in that blessed place,
my Father's house in heaven.
(Explaining 7,2: "All is a vain show around us; but that which is inside abides. When the heart gets hold of this fact, it becomes like one taken into the house to work for the day; performs the duties well, but passes through, instead of living in the circumstances. … The Lord keep us going on in simplicity, fulfilling as a hireling our day, till Christ shall come, and then shall every man have praise of God.")
John Nelson Darby, Spiritual Songs, 23-25.