Words: Jefferson Hascall, in Melodeon, by J. W. Dadmun, 1860. Music: William B. Bradbury, Golden Shower, 1862
My latest sun is sinking fast, My race is nearly run; My strongest trials now are past, My triumph is begun.
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O come, angel band, Come and around me stand; O bear me away on your snowy wings To my eternal (immortal) home; O bear me away on your snowy wings To my eternal (immortal) home.
I know I’m near the holy ranks Of friends and kindred dear, For I hear the waves on Jordan’s banks, The crossing must be near.
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I’ve almost reached my heav’nly home, My spirit loudly sings; Thy holy ones, behold, they come! I hear the noise of wings.
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O bear my longing heart to Him, Who bled and died for me; Whose blood now cleanses from all sin, And gives me victory.