Come now, my dear brethren, I bid you farewell

1 Come now, my dear brethren, I bid you farewell;
I'm going to travel to preach the gospel.
I'm going to travel the wilderness through;
Therefore, my dear brethren, I bid you adieu.

2 To think of our parting doth cause me to grieve
So well I do love you, yet you I must leave.
My Jesus commands me and I must obey;
therefore, my dear brethern, do n't grieve after me.

3 May God's grace protect you, be Jesus your guide;
In the way of our Zion may you all abide.
Through we live at a distance,and you I ne'er see,
On the banks of sweet Canaan acquainted we 'll be.

4 There all things are plenty, the leaves growing green,
And the parting of Christians no more will be seen;
No troubles, nor trials shall enter that place,
But there we will join in a song of free grace.

5 Farewell to all sorrow, temptation and pain,
I'm going where Jesus foreer doth reign.
I'm going to Jesus, 't is him I adore,
With Saints and with angels to dwell evermore.

6 And when we meet Jesus in mansions above,
Where angels in glory are filled with his love;
O, then shall I look for those mourners who 're here;
How glad will we be to meet each other there.


Source: A Collection of Revival Hymns and Plantation Melodies #22

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