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Go quickly go, the angelic words repeating

Author: F. G. Burroughs
Tune: [Go quickly, go, the angelic words repeating]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Go quickly go, the angelic words repeating,
"Jesus, the Saviour, liveth today!"
Haste with the news, for the hours of day are fleeting,
Oh, tarry not by the way.

Chorus:
Go quickly, in the early morning;
Go quickly, ere it be too late;
Go, tell the weary the "better day" is dawning,
Where they in darkness wait.

2 Go quickly, go, many precious souls are dying,
Languishing daily in ways of sin;
Hasten, the words of eternal freedom crying,
Till life and light enter in. [Chorus]

3 Go quickly, join ye the loyal ranks, obeying;
Lovers of Jesus will not refuse;
Lose not the smile of your Father by delaying;
Speed with the blessed news. [Chorus]

4 Go quickly, (though many still are unbelieving,)
While for the truth in darkness thy pine;
Patiently toil till, their hungry souls relieving,
You win the meed divine. [Chorus]

Source: Junior Songs: a collection of sacred hymns and songs; for use in meetings of junior societies, Sunday Schools, etc. #55

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Author: F. G. Burroughs

Ophelia G. Adams was born in 1856 (nee Ophelia G. Browning) She was the daughter of William Garretson Browning, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and Susan Rebecca Webb Browning. She married Thomas E. Burroughs in 1884. He died in 1904. She married Arthur Prince Adams, in 1905. He was a minister. Her poem, "Unanswered yet" which was written in 1879, was published in the The Christian Standard in 1880 with the name F. G. Browning. She also wrote under the name of F. G. Burroughs and Mrs. T. E. Burroughs. Dianne Shapiro from The Literary Digest, July 29, 1899., The Register, Pine Plains, NY, October 24, 1884, Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middleton, Conn. 1921 Go to person page >

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First Line:	Go quickly go, the angelic words repeating
Title:	Go Quickly
Author:	F. G. Burroughs
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Go quickly, in the early morning
Copyright:	Public Domain