Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Is it a long way off
Topic: Present and Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: S Vail
Meter: PM
Tune: Come to Thy Rest
Hymn Number: 775
Page Number: 289, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIt is a long way off?
Oh, no! a few more years,
A few more bitter tears-
We shall be there.
Sometimes the way seems long,
Our comforters all go,
Woe follows after woe,
Care after care.
CHO.- Spread thy bright wings, and soar
Spotless for evermore,
Sin stained no longer, but white and forgiven;
Heir of in-fi-ni-ty,
Robed in di-vin-i-ty,
Come a-way, hap-py one! come up to heaven!
Come away, hap-py one, come up to heaven!
O, brethren, dear, how weak,
How faint and weak we are!
Yet Jesus leads us far
Through tangled ways.
Into the very heart
Of this dark wilderness
Where dangers thickest press,
And Satan strays.
But he is strong and wise,
And we, his children blind,
Must trust his gentle mind
And tender care.
So gentle is his love,
We may be sure that sight
Would show us all is right,
And answered prayer.
'T is no uncertain way
We tread, for Jesus still
Leads with unerring skill
Where'er we roam;
And from the desert wild
Soon shall our path emerge,
And land us on the verge
Of our dear home.