Parting Words

By James Montgomery.

"And he said let me go, for the day breaketh" Genesis xxii: 23.

Let me go, the day is breaking And 'tis hard 'tis hard to part;

Dear companions, let me go; While I sigh "Farewell" to you,

We have spent a night in waking Answer one and all, "Adieu."

In the wilderness below;

Upward now I bend my way, 'Twas darkness gathering round me,

Part we here at break of day. This withdraws me from your sight;

Walls of flesh no more can bind me

Let me go; I may not tarry, Bnt [But] translated into light.

Wrestling thus with doubts and fears, Like the lark on mountain wing,

Angels wait my soul to carry Though unseen, you hear me sing.

Where my risen Lord appears.

Friends and kindred, weep not so- Heaven's broad day hath o'er me broken,

If ye love me, let me go. Far beyond earth's span of sky;

Am I dead?-Nay by this token,

We have traveled long together, Know that I have ceased to die:

Hand in hand, and heart in heart, Would you solve the mystery,

Both through fair and stormy weather, Come up hither-come and see.