139. What Could Be Lovelier Ever

1. What could be lovelier ever,
What could more peace afford,
Than hallowing forever
Our lives unto our Lord?

2. We are so near His being,
We live thus day by day,
As if we Him were seeing,
And joy attends our way.

3. Our lips may not be speaking,
But in our hearts we pray,
And Him our thoughts are seeking
Upon the heavenly way.

4. His goodness daily feeds us
And doth our hearts sustain;
Where’er our pathway leads us,
We seek Him ne’er in vain.

5. As children we are playing
In gladness at His feet,
But when our tears start flowing
His heart is our retreat.

6. And when the day is over,
He brings the rest so blest;
With the cool earth as cover,
Our weary members rest.

7. And there until the dawning
Our peaceful rest we take,
Till on that glorious morning
He calls: Awake! Awake!

8. What there shall be our being,
We cannot now esteem;
For we shall there be seeing
All things as in a dream!