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Ye weary, heavy-laden souls
Who are oppressed and sore,
Ye trav’lers through the wilderness
To Canaan’s peaceful shore,
Though chilling winds
and beating rains,
And waters deep and cold,
And enemies surround us,
Take courage and be bold.
Farewell, my brethren in the Lord,
Who are for Canaan bound,
And should we never meet again
Till Gabriel’s trump shall sound,
I hope that I shall meet you there
On that delightful shore,
In mansions of eternal bliss,
Where parting is no more.
Though storms and hurricanes arise,
The desert all around,
And fiery serpents oft appear
Through the enchanted ground.
Dark cloudy nights and gloomy fears,
And dragons often roar,
Yet in the great Redeemer's strength,
We'll press to Canaan's shore.
We're often like the lonesome dove,
That mourns her absent mate;
From hill to hill, from vale to vale,
Her sorrows doth relate.
The wintry time will soon be gone,
Sweet spring is coming on;
A few more beating winds and rains
And winter will be gone.
Sometimes like mountains to the skies,
Black Jordan's billows roar,
Which makes us weary pilgrims fear
We never shall get o'er;
But when as from mount Pisgah's top,
We view the vernal plain,
To fright our souls may Jordan roar,
And hell may rage in vain.
Methinks I now begin to see
The borders of that land;
There trees of grace with heav'nly fruit,
In beauteous order stand.
The wintry time will soon be gone,
Sweet summer doth appear;
The glorious day is rolling on,
The great Sabbatic year.
O what a glorious sight appears
To my believing eyes;
Methinks I see Jerusalem,
A city in the skies.
Bright angels whisper me away,
O come to glory, come,
And I am waiting to be gone,
To my eternal home.
By faith I view my glorious God,
On his eternal throne,
At his right hand the loving Lamb,
His children's name to own.
0 that my faith were strong to rise
And bear my soul away,
I'd shout salvation thro' the skies
In one eternal day.
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THE WEARY SOUL
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