2 Lonely seems the vale of shadow; Sinks my heart with troubled fear; Give me faith for clearer vision,

Speak Thou, Lord! in words of cheer; Let me hear Thy voice behind me,

Calming all these wild alarms;
Let me, underneath thy weakness,
Feel the everlasting arms.

3 Feeble, trembling, fainting, dying,
Lord! I cast myself on Thee;
Tarry with me through the darkness;
While I sleep, still watch by me.
Tarry with me, O my Saviour!

Lay my head upon Thy breast
Till the morning; then awake me;
Morning of eternal rest!

Caroline Sprague Smith, 1852.

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TIME, thou speedest on but slowly,
Hours, how tardy is your pace!
Ere with Him, the high and holy,
I hold converse face to face.
Here is naught but care and mourning;
Comes a joy, it will not stay;
Fairly shines the sun at dawning,

Night will soon o'ercloud the day.

2 Onward then! not long I wander Ere my Saviour comes for me, And with Him abiding yonder,

All His glory I shall see.
Oh, the music and the singing.

Of the host redeemed by love!
Oh, the hallelujahs ringing
Through the halls of light above,

Johann Georg Albinus, 1652.
Tr., Cath. Winkworth,1858.

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May such a blissful refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie,
Waiting the summons from on high.

5 Asleep in Jesus! far from Thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But thine is still a blesséd sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.
Margaret Mackay, 1832, ab.

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LET me be with Thee, where Thou art,
My Saviour, my eternal Rest;
Then only will this longing heart
Be fully and for ever blest.

2 Let me be with Thee, where Thou art, Where spotless saints Thy name adore; Then only will this sinful heart

Be evil and defiled no more.

3 Let me be with Thee, where Thou art Where none can die, where none remove; Where life nor death my soul can part From Thy bless'd presence and Thy love. Charlotte Elliott, 1841, ab.