Hymn 74

Melody
  1. Our outer nature wastes away;
    yet inwardly, from day to day,
    we are in you renewed, O Lord.
    Our suff’ring here is soon endured:
    the harvest it for us prepares
    by far outweighs our woes and cares.

  2. A weight of glory, unsurpassed,
    will then be ever ours at last,
    for we find no security
    in things that with our eyes we see;
    for what is seen will fade away,
    what is unseen will not decay.

  3. We know that if our earthly tent
    falls to the ground, all worn and rent,
    our God as gift to us extends
    a heav’nly house not made with hands,
    a building steadfast and secure
    that will eternally endure.

  4. The Spirit we as pledge possess
    of everlasting blessedness.
    So let us of good courage be;
    our God himself will make us free.
    Let it be here and now our aim
    to please him and exalt his name.