Verse 1
Happy soul, depart in peace,
Leave awhile thy friends below,
Jesus speaks the kind release,
Go, to Jesu’s bosom go!

Verse 2
Hark, he calls his exile home
(Joyfully the call obey)
[“]Come up hither, quickly come,
Rise, my love, and come away.

Verse 3
“I have thy salvation wrought,
I did for thy guilt atone,
Thou art mine, so dearly bought,
Thee I challenge for my own.

Verse 4
“I ev’n I have purg’d thy sin,
Have for thee a place prepar’d;
Heaven is open, enter in,
Find in me thy great reward.

Verse 5
“Thee the purchase of my blood,
Thee my servant, child, and bride,
Thee I claim, thy Lord and God,
Who for thee have liv’d and died.

Verse 6
“Come, thro’ the dark valley come!
Do not I thy spirit stay?
Fear no evil, hasten home,
Rise, my love, and come away![”]