Far from my heavenly home

Verse 1

Far from my heavenly home, Far from my Father's breast, Fainting I cry, Blest Spirit, come, And speed me to my rest.

Verse 2

My spirit homeward turns, And fain would thither flee: My heart, O Sion, droops and yearns, When I remember thee.

Verse 3

To thee, to thee I press, A dark and toilsome road: When shall I pass the wilderness, And reach the saints' abode?

Verse 4

God of my life, be near; On Thee my hopes I cast: O guide me through the desert here, And bring me home at last.