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Come away to the skies
On the Birthday of a Friend

Charles Wesley

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1 Come away to the skies,
My beloved, arise,
And rejoice in the day thou wast born:
On this festival day, 
Come exulting away,
And with singing to Sion return.

2 We have laid up our love 
And our treasure above,
Tho' our bodies continue below:
The redeem'd of the Lord, 
We remember his word,
And with singing to Paradise go.

3 Now in singing and praise
Let us spend all the days
By our heavenly Father bestow'd;
While his grace we receive 
From his bounty, and live
To the honour and glory of God.

4 For the glory we were 
First created to share,
Both the nature and kingdom divine;
Now created again
That our lives may remain,
Throughout time and eternity thine.

5 We with thanks do approve
The design of that love,
Which hath join'd us to Jesus's name;
So united in heart, 
May we never more part,
Till we meet at the feast of the Lamb.

6 There, O there at his feet, 
We shall suddenly meet,
And be parted in body no more!
We shall sing to our lyres, 
With the heavenly choirs,
And our Saviour in glory adore.

7 Hallelujah we sing, 
To our Father and King,
And his rapturous praises repeat,
To the Lamb that was slain, 
Hallelujah again,
Sing all heaven, and fall at his feet!

8 In assurance of hope,
We to Jesus look up,
Till his banner unfurl'd in the air;
From our graves we shall see,
And cry out, "It is he,"
And fly up to acknowledge him there.

    

BIRTHDAY OF A SIGNIFICANT OTHER (Wesley originally wrote it for the celebration of his wife's 29th birthday)
EASTER (common categorization in hymnals)

Tune:

MIDDLEBURY (William Walker's Southern Harmony)