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" Leave the sable bier and shroud, 

 Mount the morning's golden cloud ; 

 Come through realms of azure space ! 

 Come to thine appointed place ! 

 Thou wert purchased with a price ; 

 Thou shalt enter Paradise. 



' ' Come through sunbright fields of air, 

 Ever shining, ever fair ; 

 Come where blessed spirits dwell ; 

 Come to joys ineffable ; 

 Come through boundless fields of Bpace ; 

 Come to thine appointed place. 



" Come where heavenward souls are winging ; 

 Come where angel harps are ringing ; 

 Come where seraphs eyer cry, 

 ' Glory be to God on high ! ' 

 Come where shining cherubim 

 Pour the everlasting hymn. 

 Thou shalt join that radiant train ; 

 Thou wilt swell their raptured strain. 



' ' Come, thou highly favored one ! 

 Come before thy Maker's throne ; 

 Come where guilt can never sever ; 

 Come and praise the Lord forever." 



