Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
476 Eternal Ages
Words: Isaac Watts, 1707
Music: Leah Velleman, 2019
Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)
Copyright: 2025 Sacred Harp Publishing Company
Descend from heav’n, immortal Dove;
Stoop down and take us on Thy wings,
And mount, and bear us far above
The reach of these inferior things:
[chorus]
Beyond, beyond this lower sky,
Up where eternal ages roll,
Where solid pleasures never die,
And fruits immortal feast the soul.
When shall the day, dear Lord, appear,
That I shall mount to dwell above,
And stand and bow among them there,
And view Thy face, and sing, and love?
Stoop down and take us on Thy wings,
And mount, and bear us far above
The reach of these inferior things:
[chorus]
Beyond, beyond this lower sky,
Up where eternal ages roll,
Where solid pleasures never die,
And fruits immortal feast the soul.
When shall the day, dear Lord, appear,
That I shall mount to dwell above,
And stand and bow among them there,
And view Thy face, and sing, and love?