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Hope in Heaven

When pulse beats low and cheeks grow pale

Published in 20 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 When pulse beats low and cheeks grow pale,
And storms of life are fiercely driv’n;
When fairest prospects quickly fail,
How sweet to have a hope in heav’n!

Refrain:
A hope in heav’n,
How sweet to have a hope in heav’n!

2 When friends that seemed most near and dear,
Are from our bosom swiftly riv’n,
And life’s bright joys in gloom appear,
How sweet to have a hope in heav’n! [Refrain]

3 When lone and wand’ring far from home,
No kind relief to us is giv’n,
Oh, what would then of us become,
If we had not a hope in heav’n? [Refrain]

4 And when the end is drawing nigh,
Of life thro’ which we long have striv’n,
And we at last must droop and die,
How sweet to have a hope in heav’n! [Refrain]

Source: Pearls of Praise #139

Text Information

First Line: When pulse beats low and cheeks grow pale
Title: Hope in Heaven
Language: English
Refrain First Line: How sweet to have a hope
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

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Instances (1 - 20 of 20)
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Cottage Melodies; a hymn and tune book, for prayer and social meetings and the home circle #8

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Devotional Melodies #24a

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Notes of Praise #69

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Pearls of Praise #139

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d904

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Psalms and Hymns #702

Revival and Camp Meeting Minstrel #d384

Revival Hymns #d194

Sacred Melodies #d98

Social Melodies #d147

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The Camp-Meeting Chorister #204

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The Chorus #H18

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The Harp #182

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The Saint's Harp #70

The Social Harp #d349

The Social Harp. Rev. #d427

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The Sweet Singer of Israel #252

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The Zion Songster #248

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The Zion Songster #248

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