How glorious is the life above
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How glorious is the life above which in this ordinance we taste, That fulness of celestial love, That joy which shall for ever last! That heavenly life in Christ concealed These earthen vessels could not bear; The part which now we find revealed No tongue of angels can declare. The light of life eternal darts Into our souls a dazzling ray; A drop of heaven o'erflows our hearts, And floods with joy the house of clay. Sure pledge of ecstasies unknown Shall this divine Communion be: The ray shall rise into a sun, The drop shall swell into a sea. |
Supernae vitae qui sapor in ore praegustantium, Dei qua plenitate amor, quod gaudium perpetuum! In Christo vitam quae latet, hanc vas terrestre non tulit, nec angelorum praedicet vox id quod hic apparuit. Aeterna vitae nitidum fert lux iubar in animas; caelestis gutta cordium domos inundat luteas. Voluptas nobis quanta erit, qui nunc Deo sic iungimur Ut iubar solem praevenit sic guttam mare sequitur. |