To change for good alone my mingled state
In this brief life, and what I have to hold
By God's firm word while endless years unfold,――
This wakens joy; and this will be my fate,
When soon shall come my final, worldly date.――
Now hear I this――"O, chosen one, behold
Wonders of love divine, by Christ unroll'd;――
Come, share our bliss unmeasurably great!"――
Not one is toss'd by tempest, all at rest;――
Not one is conscience-smitten of the throng;――
Not one a suff'rer, all I see are blest;――
All know God's truth, all lift th' eternal song.――
Thus hearing calls from ev'ry heav'nly voice――
These scenes in vision――DYING I REJOICE!