Haste, Traveler, Haste!

 

VERSE 1

Haste, traveler, haste! the night comes on,

And many a shining hour is gone;

The storm is gathering in the west,

And thou art from home and rest.

 

VERSE 2

O far from home thy footsteps stray;

Christ is the life, and Christ the way,

And Christ the light; thy setting sun

Sinks ere thy morning is begun.

 

VERSE 3

Awake, awake! pursue thy way

With steady course, while yet ’tis day;

While thou art sleeping on the ground,

Danger and darkness gather round.

 

VERSE 4

The rising tempest sweeps the sky;

The rains descend, the winds are high;

The waters swell, and death and fear

Beset thy path, nor refuge near.

 

VERSE 5

O yes! a shelter you may gain,

A covert from the wind and the rain,

A hiding-place a rest, a home,

A refuge from the wrath to come.

 

VERSE 6

Then linger not in all the plain,

Flee for thy life, the mountain gain;

Look not behind, make no delay,

O speed thee, speed thee on thy way!

 

VERSE 7

Poor, lost, benighted soul! art thou

Wiling to find salvation now?

There yet is hope; hear mercy’s call:

Truth! Life! Light! Way! in Christ is all!

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