LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Writer(s): | Isaac Watts
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: | 1707-1709
| Bible Refs: | 2 Co 5:8
| Hymns and Spiritual Songs Vol 1
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| 23
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MUSIC
| Name: | MAINZER
| | Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| Writer(s): | Joseph Mainzer
| Dates: | c.1845
|  Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 322
| Bb
| Hymns of Faith
| 19
| C
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 33
| C
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 346
| C
| Hymns of Faith
| 44
| C
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 252
| C
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 362
| C
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 695
| C
| Believers Hymn Book
| 15
| C
| Believers Hymn Book
| 256
| C
| Believers Hymn Book
| 280
| C
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Alternate Tunes
| REPENTANCE | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Theodore E. Perkins | |
| 1. Absent from flesh!
O blissful thought!
What unknown joys
this moment brings!
Freed from the mischiefs
sin has brought,
From pains, and fears,
and all their springs.
2. Absent from flesh! illustrious day!
Surprising scene! triumphant stroke
That rends the prison of my clay;
And I can feel my fetters broke.
3. Absent from flesh!
then rise, my soul,
Where feet nor wings
could never climb,
Beyond the heav’ns,
where planets roll,
Measuring the cares and joys of time.
4. I go where God and glory shine,
His presence makes eternal day:
My all that’s mortal I resign,
For angels wait and point my way.
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