Give me the wings of faith to rise : EMHB 831

Hymn EMHB 831                           YMHB 613

1.    Give me the wings of faith to rise

Within the veil, and see

The saints above, how great their joys,

How bright their glories be.

2.    Once they were mourners here below,

And poured out cries and tears;

They wrestled hard, as we do now,

With sins, and doubts, and fears.

3.    I ask them whence their victory came;

They, with united breath,

Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,

Their triumph to His death.

4.    They marked the footsteps that He trod,

His zeal inspired their breast;

And, following their incarnate God,

Possess the promised rest.

5.    Our glorious Leader claims our praise

For His own pattern given;

While the long cloud of witnesses

Show the same path to heaven.

1.    Mba le f’ iye igbagbo fo

Wo inu ikele,

Ki nri ayo awon mimo,

B’ ogo won ti po to.

2.    Awon na sofo nihin ri,

Nwon si sokun pelu;

Nwon ba ese jijakadi,

B’a ti nse nisiyi.

3.    Mo bi won, bi nwon se segun;

Nwon f’ ohun kan wipe,

Agbara Od’-agutan ni,

Iku Re l’ ayo won.

4.    Nwon kiyesi ipase Re,

Itara Re mu won;

Ni pa gbigbo t’ Oluwa won,

Nwon jogun isimi.

5.    O to k’ a yin Amona wa,

F’ apere t’ o fun wa;

Bi opo awon eleri

Ti ntoka on’ orun.

Adesegun Akitoye
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