91. Heavenward, Still Heavenward

1. Heavenward, still heavenward,
Should the pathway go;
What the saints have here implored,
God will there bestow.
Beneath the skies
Joy and sorrow we must share;
Upward then, to glory there
O lift thine eyes!

2. Heavenward thy spirit turn
Every newborn day;
Short, as thou didst well discern,
Is thy pilgrim way.
Then plead anew:
God, who leadest me above,
Mold my heart Thy way to love
And keep me true!

3. Heavenward He set thy goal,
There His face to see;
Therefore trouble not thy soul
With earth’s vanity.
O flee its guile!
Only what for heaven we bear,
Only what is treasured there,
Is worth thy while!

4. Heavenward direct thy view
When afflictions press,
Where the Father, kind and true,
Watches thy distress.
Then why be sad?
Yonder in the realm of light
There is neither care nor fright, -
Rejoice! Be glad!

5. Heavenward the saints of God
Bear their burdens on,
Glad to go the way He trod,
Till the goal is won.
Press on as they!
For through darkness and distress
Leads thy way to happiness
And endless day.

6. Heavenward the Lord did lead
Through reproach and wrong;
His example they must heed
Who to Him belong.
O weary soul,
Cling unto thy God as He;
Murmur not; pray fervently;
And gain thy goal!

7. Heavenward His hand doth guide
Through the desert waste,
Draws thee closer to His side,
Makes thy spirit chaste.
He will destroy
Every earthly vanity,
And will lead thee finally
Into His joy.

8. Hallelujah! Heavenward,
Let thy thanks ascend;
Thou shalt also join thy Lord
At the journey’s end.
Then thou shalt be
Where all pain is turned aside,
There to praise Him, glorified
Eternally.

9. “Hallelujah,” thou wilt sing
When thy Lord shall come
Joyfully His own to bring
To His heavenly home.
Great is the Lord!
For the cross He took a throne,
Made His victory thine own!
Praise be the Lord!