This Sunday evening I'm preaching from Romans 8:12-17, which ends with the promise that believers will be glorified with Christ. In the course of doing a little reading on what it means that we will be glorified with Christ, I came across this hymn. I didn't realize we had it in our hymnal, and I don't ever recall singing it. But it is a gem. It speaks not only of future glory with Christ, but also of the infinite debt of thanks and praise we owe to God for the riches of his redeeming grace.
"When This Passing World is Done"
Robert Murray McCheyne
When this passing world is done,
when has sunk yon glaring sun,
when we stand with Christ in glory,
looking o'er life's finished story,
then, Lord shall I fully know,
not till then, how much I owe.
When I hear the wicked call
on the rocks and hills to fall,
when I see them start and shrink
on the fiery deluge brink,
then, Lord, shall I fully know,
not till then, how much I owe.
When I stand before the throne,
dressed in beauty not my own,
when I see thee as thou art,
love thee with unsinning heart,
then, Lord, shall I fully know,
not till then, how much I owe.
When the praise of heav'n I hear,
loud as thunders to the ear,
loud as many waters' noise,
sweet as harp's melodious voice,
then, Lord, shall I fully know,
not till then, how much I owe.
Chosen not for good in me,
wakened up from wrath to flee,
hidden in the Savior's side,
by the Spirit sanctified,
teach me, Lord, on earth to know,
by my love, how much I owe.
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