M'KAIL'S FAREWELL
1
Farewell, my friends, and parents dear;
And weep not o'er my bloody bier,
For grace and glory triumph here.
2
Farewell, my foes; I pray for you;
Shew mercy, Lord, for Thou art true;
Alas! they know not what they do.
3
Farewell, thou earth, where I have trod,
And seen the wondrous ways of God,
With comfort of His staff and rod.
4
Farewell, ye sun and moon and stars,
And planets pale, and fiery Mars,
And comets dire, foreboding wars:
5
Star-pavement of His house are ye,
Shining in glorious majesty.
But soon beneath my feet to be.
6
Farewell, thou Book of grace divine,
So loved and pondered every line,
Book of the world's best hope and mine:
7
Soon, face to face, I'll see with awe
The gospel truth and holy law,
Which yet as in a glass I saw.
8
And farewell, Church, the Lamb's dear Bride,
Whose garments now with blood are dyed,
With blood, too, washed and purified;
9
And farewell, time; I part with thee,
And welcome immortality,
And incorrupted life to me.
10
Mortal, immortal now, to Him,
Who sits between the cherubim,
I sing the everlasting hymn—
11
“Worthy the Lamb for us that died,
With crown of thorn and wounded side,
Despised, rejected, crucified.”
12
I hear the strain, and would away
To them who neither preach nor pray,
But praise for ever, night and day.
13
Farewell, I step on that bright shore;
My weary pilgrimage is o'er,
And welcome home for evermore.
