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ADDITIONAL HYMN- BOOK.

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OING home! and going quickly! ' Tis a thought to cheer the heart; Should we suffer, be it meekly: Soon the world and we must part, Never more to meet again; There's an end of suffering then, There's an end of all that grieves us ,­How the thought of this relieves us!

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2 Going home! How sweet and cheering! Going to the place we love, There in royal state appearing, ' Mid the shining court above. There our Father lives and reigns, Greater He than fancy feigns; There His people live for ever, There's a portion failing never.

3 Going home! There's nothing dearer To the pilgrim's heart than home: Drawing nearer still, and nearer To the place where pilgrims come, Much he thinks of what will be, Much of what he hopes to see; Thinks of kindred, friends, and brothers, But of Christ above all others.

4' Tis the blessed hope of seeing Him he loves in glory there, Blessed hope of ever being " With the Lord," His joys to share; ' Tis the hope which lightens toil, And in sorrow makes him smile, Cheers him in the midst of strangers, Keeps him when beset with dangers.