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CLXXXVIII. Come, let us anew

1 Come, let us anew
Our journey pursue,
With vigour arise,
And press to our permanent place in the skies;
Of heavenly birth,
Tho' wand'irng on earth,
This is not our place,
But strangers and pilgrims ourselves we confess.

2 At Jesus' call,
We give up our All;
And still we forego,
For Jesus's sake, our enjoyments below;
No longing we find
For the country behind;
But onward we move,
And still we are seeking a country above.

3 A country of joy
Without any alloy,
We thither repair,
Our heart and our treasure already are there.
We march hand in hand
To Immanuel's land;
No matter what cheer
We meet with on earth, for eternity's near!

4 The rougher our way,
The shorter our stay;
The tempests that rise
Shall gloriously hurry our souls to the skies:
The fiercer the blast,
The sooner 'tis past;
The troubles that come,
Shall come to our rescue, and hasten us home.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, let us anew
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Topic: For Persons joined in Fellowship
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Tune: DERBY

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