Verse 1 The promise is sealed by the true God above, The things of the past have departed our table. Deep within a heart made entirely new, The bitter remembrance is gone, lost to view. Chorus For the things of the past are no longer in mind, They rise to the threshold of glory no more. The heart suffers not, and the wound has expired, In the new world that God for our souls has acquired. Verse 2 As it is written within the holy book, The first heaven departs and the earth has its end. God makes all things new by His great, tender love, And mourning has yielded to fires from above. Chorus For the things of the past are no longer in mind, They rise to the threshold of glory no more. The heart suffers not, and the wound has expired, In the new world that God for our souls has acquired. Verse 3 No more cries of distress in the depth of the shrines, Rest has bathed all the souls on the face of the earth. With His hands, the Eternal has closed every tomb, And grace has banished the torments of ancient gloom. Verse 4 We walk in pure peace with no shade on our tread, For death is no more and the evil has fled. The forgetting of pain is a sacred relief, By the blood of the Lamb and the Father's belief. Chorus For the things of the past are no longer in mind, They rise to the threshold of glory no more. The heart suffers not, and the wound has expired, In the new world that God for our souls has acquired. Outro Behold God's own tent 'mid the dwellings of men, He wipes every tear and He guides all our steps. No more weeping or mourning, destruction of pain... Eternity dawns and time flies once again...
