Absent from flesh, O blissful thought What joy that moment brings Freed from the blame my sin has brought, From pain and death and its sting. Absent from flesh, O glorious day! In one triumphant stroke My reckoning paid, my charges dropped, And the bonds 'round my hands are broke. I go where God and glory shine, To one eternal day And this failing body I now resign, For the Christ has made a way For the Christ has made a way Absent from flesh! Then rise, my soul, Where feet nor wings could climb, Beyond the sky, where planets roll, And beyond all keep of time. I go where God and glory shine, To one eternal day And this failing body I now resign, For the Christ has made a way For the Christ has made a way Absent from flesh! Then see thy God, With eyes unveiled and free We'll face to face His glory laud, And radiance ever see I go where God and glory shine, To one eternal day And this failing body I now resign, For the Christ has made a way For the Christ has made a way