Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Let me go my soul is weary (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Let me go my soul is weary

Topic: The New Life/Aspiration

Writer: W Baxter

Composer:

Meter: 8s and 7s

Tune:

Hymn Number: 825

Page Number: 483, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Let me go; my soul is weary

Of the chain which binds me here;

Let thy spirit bend its pinion

To a brighter, holier sphere.

Earth, 'tis true, hath friends that bless me

with their fond and faithful love;

But the hands of angels beckon

Onward to the climes above.



Let me go; for earth hath sorrow,

Sin, and pain, and better tears;

All its paths are dark and dreary.

All its hopes are fraught with fears;

Short-lived are its brightest flowers,

Soon its cherished joys decay;-

Let me go; I fain would leave it

For the realms of endless day.



Let me go; my heart hath tasted 

Of my Saviour's wondrous grace;

Let me go, where I shall ever

See and know him face to face.

Let me go; the trees of heaven

Rise before me, waving bright,

And the distant, crystal waters

Flash upon my falling sight.



Let me go; for songs seraphic 

Now seem calling from the sky-

'Tis the welcome of the angels,

Which e'en now are hov'ring nigh:

Let me go; they wait to bear me

To the mansions of the blest;

Where the spirit, worn and weary,

Finds at last its long sought rest.