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Text:Rise, My Soul
Author:Robert Seagrave
Tune:AMSTERDAM
Composer:James Nares

682. Rise, My Soul

1 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings,
Thy better portion trace;
Rise from transitory things
Tow'rds heav'n thy native place.
Sun and moon and stars decay,
Time shall soon this earth remove;
Rise, my soul, and haste away
To joys prepared above.

2 Rivers to the ocean run,
Nor stay in all their course;
Fire ascending seeks the sun;
Both speed them to their source:
So my soul, derived from God.
Pants to view His glorious face,
Forward tends to His abode,
To rest in His embrace.

3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn,
Press onward to the prize;
Soon our Saviour will return
Triumphant in the skies.
Yet a season, and you know
Happy entrance will be giv'n,
All our sorrows left below,
And earth exchanged for heav'n.

Text Information
First Line: Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings
Title: Rise, My Soul
Author: Robert Seagrave
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Living His Life: Nearer to God
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: AMSTERDAM
Composer: James Nares
Meter: P. M.
Key: F Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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