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Text:Desiring to be with Christ, which is far better
Tune:ENON'S ISLE

361b. Desiring to be with Christ, which is far better

Text Information
First Line: O when shall we sweetly remove
Title: Desiring to be with Christ, which is far better
Meter: 10th P. M. 8 lines 8s
Language: English
Publication Date: 1889
Scripture:
Topic: Rejoicing: Prospect of Heaven
Notes: Now Public Domain. Author from index: C. Wesley; Hymn #951 in "A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America" (1872)
Tune Information
Name: ENON'S ISLE
Meter: 10th P. M. 8 lines 8s
Key: B♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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