What endless scenes of wonder rise,
And strike with rapturous surprize,
When Jesus face to face we see
In all his pomp and majesty!
Angels adore the King of kings,
Their faces shadowing with their wings,
And saints th’ o’repow’ring Vision prove
In deepest awe of speechless love!
What endless scenes of wonder rise
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘He wist not what to say, for they were sore afraid.’—[Mark 9,] v. 6.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Mark.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/574, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 22.
Publishing: Public Domain