Verse 1
Christ, our head, and common Lord,
See the souls that wait on thee,
Hear us all with one accord
Sweetly in thy praise agree:
Parted tho’ in flesh we are,
Join’d to thee, our corner-stone,
We are intimately near,
Present, and in spirit one.

Verse 2
Let us now to thee aspire,
Who thy life begin to know,
Let the circulating fire
Now in every bosom glow:
Let the incense of our vows,
From thy golden censer rise,
Fragrant thro’ the higher house,
Well-accepted sacrifice.

Verse 3
Come, ye absent souls who love
Jesus with a simple heart,
Seek with us the things above,
Never from the work depart;
Never let us cease to sing
The great riches of his grace,
Till we all behold our King
Eye to eye, and face to face.

Verse 4
Quickly we shall all appear
At the judgment-seat above,
We shall see our Jesus near,
Him whom now unseen we love;
We his dear, peculiar ones,
Sharers of our Master’s bliss,
We shall sit upon our thrones,
We shall see him as he is.

Verse 5
Partners of this heavenly hope,
Travel on, and meet us there,
We shall surely be caught up,
Meet the Saviour in the air:
Yes; eternity’s at hand,
We shall soon be taken home,
With the Lamb on Sion stand—
Come, desire of nations, come!