1 Oh! happy soul how fast you go,
And leave me here behind;
Don't stop for me for now I see,
The Lord is just and kind.
2 Go on, go on, my soul says go,
And I'll come after you;
Tho' left behind, yet I can find,
I'll sing Hosannah too.
3 God give you strength that you may run,
And keep your foot-steps right;
Tho' fast you go, and I so slow,
You are not out of sight.
4 When you get to those worlds above,
And all their glories see;
When you get home your journey's done,
Then look you out for me.
5 For I will come fast as I can,
Along the way I'll steer;
Lord give me strength, I shall at length
Be one among you there.
6 There altogether we shall be,
Together we shall sing;
Together shall we praise our God
And everlasting king.
7 When we've been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining like the sun;
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we'd first begun.
Source: Divine Hymns or Spiritual Songs, for the use of religious assemblies and private Christians: being a collection #LXXVI
Occom, Samson (sometimes given as Ockum, and again as Occum), a Mohican Indian, was born at Norwich, Connecticut, in 1723. He was converted from Paganism under G. Whitefield, in 1739-40, and educated by the Revs. E. Wheelock and Benjamin Pomeroy. In 1748 he removed to Long Island and laboured amongst a remnant of his people. In 1759 he received Presbyterian orders, visited England, 1766-67, where he preached often (once for J. Newton at Olney), and with acceptance, and raised about ten thousand pounds for Dartmouth College, and for Indian education. His later life was spent first among his own race on Long Island, and, from 1786, in Oneida County, N.Y. He died in July, 1792. Occom's Choice Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs was publis… Go to person page >
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