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CLXXVIII. Come on, my partners in distress

1 Come on, my partners in distress,
My comrades through the wilderness,
Who still your bodies feel;
Awhile forget your griefs and fears,
And look beyond this vale of tears,
To that celestial hill.

2 Beyond the bounds of time and space
Look forward to that heav'nly place,
The saints' secure abode:
On faith’s strong eagle-pinions rise,
And force your passage to the skies,
And scale the mount of God.

3 Who suffer with our Master here,
We shall before his face appear,
And by his side sit down:
To patient faith the prize is sure;
And all that to the end endure
The cross, shall wear the crown.

4 Thrice blessed bliss, inspiring hope:
It lifts the fainting spirits up:
It brings to life the dead!
Our conflicts here shall soon be past,
And you and I ascend at last
Triumphant with our Head.

5 That great mysterious Deity
We soon with open face shall see,
The beatific sight:
Shall fill the heav'nly courts with praise,
And wide diffuse the golden blaze
Of everlasting light.

8 The Father shining on his throne,
The glorious co-eternal Son,
The Spirit, one and sev'n,
Conspire our rapture to complete;
And lo! we fall before his feet,
And silence heightens heav'n.

7 In hope of that extatic pause,
Jesu, we now sustain thy cross,
And at thy footstool fall,
Till thou our hidden life reveal,
Till thou our ravish'd spirits fill,
And God is all in all.

Text Information

• First Line: Come on, my partners in distress
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Topic: Suffering
• Notes: Tune: TRAVELLER

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