Rise up and hasten!

Rise up and hasten! My soul, haste along! And speed on thy journey With hope and with song; Home, home is nearing, ' Tis coming into view; A little more of toiling, And then to earth adieu.

Come then, come And raise a joyful song, Ye children of the wilderness, Our time cannot be long; Home, home, home! O why should you delay? The morn of heaven is dawning; We're near the break of day.

Why should we linger When heaven lies before? Earth's fast receding And soon will be no more; Its joys and its treasures, Which once here we knew, Now never more can charm us With such a goal in view.

Loved ones in Jesus, They've passed on before; Resting in glory They weary are no more; Desert toils are ended, Nothing now but joy, And praises loud ascending There ever glad employ.

No condemnation! Blessed is the word; No separation! For ever with the Lord: By His blood He bought them, Cleansed their every stain; With rapture now they praise Him, The Lamb that once was slain.

Soon we shall join them, See Him with these eyes; Sing hallelujahs Triumphant in the skies: He will be with us, Who loved us long before, And Jesus, blessed Saviour, Is ours for evermore.