Rise up, and hast­en! my soul, haste along!
And speed on thy jour­ney with hope and with song;
Home, home is near­ing, ’tis com­ing into view,
A lit­tle more of toil­ing, and then to earth ad­ieu.

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Come then, come, and raise the joy­ful song!
Ye child­ren of the wil­der­ness,
Our time can­not be long.
Home, home, home,
Oh, why should we de­lay?
The morn of Heav’n is dawn­ing,
We’re near the break of day.

Why should we lin­ger when Hea­ven lies be­fore!
While earth’s fast re­ced­ing, and soon will be no more;
Pleasures and trea­sures which once here we knew,
No more can they charm us with such a goal in view.

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Loved ones in Je­sus, they’ve passed on be­fore,
Now rest­ing in glo­ry, they wea­ry are no more;
Toils all are end­ed, and no­thing now but joy,
And prais­es, as­cend­ing their ev­er glad em­ploy.

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No con­dem­na­tion! how bless­èd is the word,
And no se­pa­ra­tion! for­ev­er with the Lord;
He will be with us who loved us long be­fore,
And Je­sus, our Je­sus, is ours for ev­er­more.

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