Then let us still proceed

Then let us still proceed
In Jesu's work below,
And following our triumphant Head,
To farther conquests go;
The vineyard of the Lord
Before His labourers lies
And lo! we see the vast reward
That waits us in the skies

O let our heart and mind
Continually ascend,
That haven of repose to find,
Where all our labours end,
Where all our grief is o'er,
Our suffering, and our pain:
Who meet on that eternal shore
Shall never part again.

O happy, happy place.
Where saints and angels meet!
There we shall see each other's face,
And all our brethren greet.
The church of the first-born,
We shall with them be blest,
And crown'd with endless joy return
To our eternal rest.
With joy we shall behold
In yonder blest abode
The patriarchs and prophets old,
And all the saints of God;
Abraham and Isaac there,
And Jacob shall receive
The followers of their faith and prayer,
Who now in bodies live.
We shall our time beneath
Live out in cheerful hope,
And fearless pass the vale of death,
And gain the mountain-top:
To gather home His own
God shall His angels send,
And bid our bliss on earth begun
In endless triumphs end,
PART ir.