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6 There still my thoughts are dwelling' 'Tis there I long to be;

Come, Lord, and call Thy servant
To blessedness with Thee!
Come, bid my toils be ended,
Let all my wanderings cease;
Call from the wayside lodging
To the sweet home of peace.

7 There I shall dwell for ever,
No more a stranger guest,
With all Thy blood-bought children,
In everlasting rest:
The pilgrim toils forgotten,
The pilgrim conflicts o'er,
All earthly griefs behind us,
Eternal joys before!

P. Gerhard, 1666

A. Drese, 1620-1701

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C. E. F. Weyse, 1826

I know of a sleep in Je-sus' name, A rest from all toil and sor-row;

Earth folds in her arms my wea-ry frame, And shelters it till the morrow;

My soul is at home with God in heaven, Her sorrows are past and o ver.

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Lüneburgisches Gesangbuch, 1686

Heavenward still our path-way tends, Here on earth we are but stran-gers;

Till our road in Ca-naan ends, Safe-ly passed this wild of dan

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Pil-grims we, a scattered band, Seek above our father-land.

2 Heavenward still, my soul, ascend! Thou art one of heaven's creations; Earth can ne'er give aim or end

Fit to fill thy aspirations: Turns a heaven-illumined mind Evermore its source to find.

3 Heavenward still! God's volume blest, Thus, throughout its sacred pages, Calls on me, and speaks its rest, Rest with Him through endless ages; While my heart that call attends, Still to heaven my path ascends.

4 Heavenward still my thoughts arise, When His festal board invites me; Then my spirit upward flies, Foretaste then of heaven delights

me:

When on earth this food hath ceased, Comes the Lamb's own marriagefeast.

5 Heavenward still my spirit wends, That fair land by faith exploring;

Heavenward still my heart ascends,

Sun and moon and stars out-soar

ing;

Their faint rays in vain would try Once with light of heaven to vie.

6 Heavenward still, when life shall close,

Death to my true home shall guide

me;

There, triumphant o'er my woes, Lasting bliss shall God provide me; Christ Himself the way has led, Joyful in His steps I tread.

7 Still then heavenward! heavenward still!

That shall be my watchword ever! Joys of heaven my heart shall fill, Chasing joys that filled it never; Heavenward still my joys shall run, Till the gate of heaven is won.

B. Schmolck, 1731

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