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623. As through this changing world we roam

1 As through this changing world we roam
From infancy to age,
Heaven is the Christian pilgrim's home,
His rest at every stage;
Thither his raptured thoughts ascend,
Eternal joys to share;
There his adoring spirit bends,
While here he kneels in prayer.

2 From earth his freed affections rise
To fix on things above,
Where all his hope of glory lies,
And love is perfect love;
Ah! there may we our treasure place,
There let our hearts be found,
That sill where sin abounded, grace
May more and more abound.

Text Information
First Line: As through this changing world we roam
Author: James Montgomery
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: The Christian: Warfare and Pilgrimage
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: COURAGE
Composer: Alfred Boynton
Meter: 8s & 6s. D.
Key: E Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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