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Come away to the skies, my beloved, arise
Charles Wesley
Hymnary text authority (173 instances)Cyber Hymnal™ page
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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 Zion 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 So with 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 souls may remain,
Throughout time and eternity thine.
5 We with thanks we 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 all likewise meet,
And be parted in body no more!
We shall sing to our lyres,
With the heavenly choirs,
And our Savior 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.
