Oh Splendor of Heaven

Oh splendor of heaven

Come down to this earth,

Come sweep out the leaven

Of this world and show your worth!

And as all your treasures you unfold

An inheritance as yet untold,

Open our eyes to see

A vision of eternity!

The splendors of heaven

Now make manifest

So we can show the world

This God by which weíre blessed

And may all your glories from on high

Inhabit out lives and make us fly

The splendors of heaven

Bring us joy that we can see

The splendors of heaven

Arenít reserved for eternity!

Lord open our eyes

That we may perceive

The vision of heavenly holiness

That we may receive!

The Splendors of heaven,

A glorious crown

For which our hearts yearn

Are ours if we learn

To cast them all down.

Anthony Foster

September 18, 2006