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Text: | As Jacob with travel was weary one day |
Tune: | JACOB'S LADDER |
Arranger: | Andrew Moore |
1 As Jacob with travel was weary one day,
at night on a stone for a pillow he lay;
he saw in a vision a ladder so high
that its foot was on earth and its top in the sky:
Refrain:
Alleluia to Jesus who died on the tree,
and has raised up a ladder of mercy for me,
and has raised up a ladder of mercy for me.
2 This ladder is long, it is strong and well-made,
has stood hundreds of years and is not yet decayed;
many millions have climbed it and reached Zion's hill,
by thousands by faith are climbing it still: [Refrain]
3 Come let us ascend! all may climb it who will;
for the angels of Jacob are guarding it still:
and remember, each step that by faith we pass o'er,
some prophet or martyr has trod it before: [Refrain]
4 And when we arrive at the haven of rest
we shall hear the glad words, 'Come up hither, ye blest,
here are regions of light, here are mansions of bliss'.
O who would not climb such a ladder as this? [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | As Jacob with travel was weary one day |
Title: | As Jacob with travel was weary one day |
Refrain First Line: | Alleluia to Jesus who died on the tree |
Meter: | 11 11 11 11 and Refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2000 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | All Saints: Children's Hymns and Songs; Ascensiontide: Children's Hymns and Songs; Confirmation: Children's Hymns and Songs(6 more...) |
Source: | 18th century |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | JACOB'S LADDER |
Arranger: | Andrew Moore |
Meter: | 11 11 11 11 and Refrain |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | 18th century English carol melody |
Copyright: | Arr. © 1999 Kevin Mayhew Ltd. |