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(6.6.8.6.4.7.)
Composed for “Church Hymns with Tunes”, S.P.C.K., 1874.
| 1 | From Egypt's bondage come, |
2 | To Canaan's sacred bound | |||||
| Where death and darkness reign, |
We haste with songs of joy, | |||||||
| We seek our new, our better home, |
Where peace and liberty are found, | |||||||
| Where we our rest shall gain. | And sweets that never cloy. | |||||||
| Alleluia! | Alleluia! | |||||||
| We are travelling home to heaven! | We are travelling home to heaven! | |||||||
| 3 | There sin and sorrow cease, | 4 | There in celestial strains | |||||
| And all the strife is o'er; | The ransomed captives sing; | |||||||
| There we shall dwell in endless peace, | There love in every bosom reigns, | |||||||
| And never hunger more. | For God Himself is King. | |||||||
| Alleluia! | Allelulia! | |||||||
| We are travelling home to heaven! | We are travelling home to heaven ! | |||||||
| 5 | How Sweet the prospect is! | ||
| It cheers the pilgrim's breast, | |||
| As journeying through the wilderness, | |||
| We seek the promised rest! | |||
| Alleluia! | |||
| We are travelling home to heaven! Amen. | |||
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