1 Cease, fond nature, cease this clinging
To the objects dear below;
Hark! the voice of angels singing
Bids me leave this vale of wo,
Bids me leave this vale of wo.
2 Stream of death, I'll soon be o'er thee--
Soon I'll cross thy heaving flood:
Jesus pass'd this sea before me,
Lo! the waves are tinged with blood.
3 Blood divine! its power assuaging
Lulls the foaming sea to sleep--
Calms its surging, soothes its raging,
Holds enchain'd the mighty deep.
4 Safely will I ride its billow,
Safely reach the other shore;
Jesus' breast will be my pillow,
While I pass its dangers o'er.
5 Jesus in the vessel with me:
What can harm, or what assail?
Arms of love around, beneath me--
Screen'd from all the powers of hell.
6 Hallelujah! homeward speeding;
Friends behind, adieu, adieu:
Follow ye the Spirit's leading:
Homeward ye are tending too.
Source: The Minstrel of Zion: a book of religious songs, accompanied with appropriate music, chiefly original #60