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Text:Sweet Surprises
Author:T. T. Bacheller
Tune:YUCATÁN
Composer:Norman M. Mattice
Media:MIDI file

8746. Sweet Surprises

1 Sweet surprises wait the Christian,
In the Father’s home on high;
Music, earthly ear hath heard not,
Scenes, too bright for mortal eye.

Refrain:
Let us hear the Spirit, whispering,
Of the heav’nly joys to come;
Live by faith in Him who saved us,
Till we reach that glorious home.

2 Loftiest flights of human fancy,
Cannot grasp a single trace;
Of the Heav’n prevailing glory,
Beaming from the Savior’s face. [Refrain]

3 Brighter than the piercing sun rays,
Clearer than the moon’s pure light,
Is the glory, grand, eternal,
Of that land that knows no night. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Sweet surprises wait the Christian
Title: Sweet Surprises
Author: T. T. Bacheller
Refrain First Line: Let us hear the Spirit, whispering
Meter: 87.87 D
Language: English
Source: Crowning Glory No. 1 by Peter Bilhorn (Chicago: P. Bilhorn, 1890)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: YUCATÁN
Composer: Norman M. Mattice (1890)
Meter: 87.87 D
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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MIDI file: MIDI
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