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Text:How sweet to leave the world awhile
Author:Thomas Kelly
Tune:BURTON
Composer:Isaac B. Woodbury

5. How sweet to leave the world awhile

1 How sweet to leave the world awhile,
And seek the presence of our Lord!
Dear Saviour, on thy people smile,
And come according to thy word.

2 From busy scenes we now retreat,
That we may here converse with thee:
Dear Lord, behold us at thy feet!
Let this the gate of heaven be.

3 Chief of ten thousand, now appear,
That we by faith may see thy face;
O speak, that we thy voice may hear!
And let thy presence fill this place.

Text Information
First Line: How sweet to leave the world awhile
Author: Thomas Kelly
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: Worship: Opening Hymns
Tune Information
Name: BURTON
Composer: Isaac B. Woodbury
Meter: L.M.
Key: C Major
Notes: Alternate tunes: #316, 104, or 23.



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