Beyond our vale of woe

Beyond our vale of woe,
Detach'd from all below.
Long thy gracious soul aspired
After His beloved embrace,
Restlessly its God required,
Gasp'd to see His glorious face.

No new-made Deity
He show'd Himself to thee j
Jesus, Jah, Jehovah, came.
Pleased His nature to impart,
Told thee His mysterious name,
Breathed His Spirit into thy heart.

Through His own Spirit's power,
Thou didst thy Lord adore,
With unborrow'd glories bright,
Dwelling in an earthly clod,
God of God, and Light of light,
Christ the One eternal God.

God over all supreme,
Almighty to redeem.
The first self-existing Cause,
Him thou didst divinely know.
Daily triumph in His cross.
Humbly in His footsteps go.

Thy meat was to fulfil
Thy heavenly Father's will:
Sent to do His will alone,
O! how swiftly didst thou move,
Eager, yet composed, to run
All the course of patient love!

In meek and quiet peace,
Thou didst thy soul possess;
Far from every wild extreme
Thy substantial piety:
Never could the world blaspheme,
Never scoff the truth for thee.

Close follower of the Lamb,
Whose love the world o'ercame,
Them thou didst, like Him, oppose,
Conquering all their ill with good,
Melting down the Saviour's foes,
Foes that trampled on His blood.

The men who dare disown
God's co-eternal Son,
Meet and ready to depart.
Didst thou not their burden bear?
Grieved for them thy bleeding heart,
Sigh'd for them thy dying prayer.

That latest labour o'er.
Thy spirit strives no more:
Finish'd her great work of love,
Lo! she quits the house of clay,
Claps her wings, and soars above.
Mingles with eternal day!

Fimeral Hymns.