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LIFT ME HIGHER.
Lift me higher! Lift me higher!
From this sphere of earthly dross;
Upward still! far yonder gleaming,
Shines my Saviour's glorious cross.
From this sphere of earthly dross;
Upward still! far yonder gleaming,
Shines my Saviour's glorious cross.
Oh, very beautiful is life,
And earthly flowers are passing fair:
But lift, oh lift me up to heaven,
And let me rest forever there.
And earthly flowers are passing fair:
But lift, oh lift me up to heaven,
And let me rest forever there.
There, no care shall plough its furrows;
There, no sin shall blur my heart;
There, in blessed choirs of angels,
I shall sing a humble part.
There, no sin shall blur my heart;
There, in blessed choirs of angels,
I shall sing a humble part.
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Lift me higher! Lift me higher!
Friends of earth, no tears for me!
From temptation, sin, and sorrow,
Let me be forever free!
Friends of earth, no tears for me!
From temptation, sin, and sorrow,
Let me be forever free!
Ah! I hear my Saviour call me!
Clad in heavenly robes of white;
He will lift me higher, higher,
From this world of storm and night.
Clad in heavenly robes of white;
He will lift me higher, higher,
From this world of storm and night.
Lift me higher! Lift me higher!
Farewell earthly friends I love.
Lift me higher! Lift me higher!
To that better world above!
Farewell earthly friends I love.
Lift me higher! Lift me higher!
To that better world above!
“Lift me higher!” And our darling
Gently closed her wearied eyes;
And her spirit, lifted higher,
Reached its home beyond the skies.
Gently closed her wearied eyes;
And her spirit, lifted higher,
Reached its home beyond the skies.
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She is sleeping, and white marble
This inscription only bears:
“Our lost flower—thirteen summers—
Lifted higher”—than life's cares.
This inscription only bears:
“Our lost flower—thirteen summers—
Lifted higher”—than life's cares.
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