since christ my soul

Since Christ my soul from sin set free,

this world has been a heaven to me;

amid earth‟s sorrows and its woe,

„This heaven my Jesus here to know.




O hallelujah, yes, „This heaven!

„This heaven to know my sins forgiven;

on land or sea, what matters where,

where Jesus is, „This heaven there.




Once heaven seemed a far-off place,

till Jesus showed His smiling face;

now it‟s begun within my soul,

„twill last while endless ages roll.




What matters where on earth we dwell -

on mountain top, or in the dell,

in cottage, or a mansion fair?

Where Jesus is, „This heaven there