Thou art gone up on high.

Matthew_24-44: Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Thou art gone up on high
To mansions in the skies,
And round Thy throne unceasingly,
The songs of praise arise:
But we are lingering here,
With sin and care oppressed:
Lord, send Thy promised Comforter
And lead us to our rest.

Thou art gone upon high;
But Thou didst first came down.
Through earths most bitteragony
To pass unto Thy crown;
And girt with grieves and fears
Our onward course must be;
But oily let that path of tears
Lead us at last to Thee.

John_3-17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved

Thou art gone upon high;
But Thou shalt come again,
With all the bright…