Far From My Heav'nly Home
"We wept when we remember Zion." - Ps 137:1
VERSE 1
Far from my heav'nly home,
Far from my Father's breast,
Fainting I cry, Blest Spirit, come,
And speed me to my rest.
VERSE 2
Upon the willows long
My harp has silent hung:
How should I sing a cheerful song,
Till Thou inspire my tongue?
VERSE 3
My spirit homeward turns,
And fain would thither flee:
My heart, O Zion, droops and yearns,
When I remember thee.
VERSE 4
To Thee, to thee I press,
A dark and toilsome road:
When shall I pass the wilderness,
And reach the saints' abode?
VERSE 5
God of my life be near:
On Thee my hopes I cast;
Oh guide me through the desert here,
And bring me home at last.
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