← Brethren, while we sojourn here Hymns and Tunes (1888) · No. 609

Brethren, while we sojourn here

1

Brethren, while we sojourn here,Fight we must, but should not fear;Foes we have, but we've a Friend;One who loves us to the end;Forward, then, with courage go,Long we shall not dwell below;Soon the joyful news will come,"Child, your Father calls; come home."

Chorus.

Come home, come home, Thy Father calls; come home.Come home, come home, Thy Father calls; come home.

2

In the world a thousand snaresLie to take us unawares;Satan, with malicious art,Watches each unguarded heart;But from Satan's malice free,Saints will soon victorious be;Soon the joyful news will come,"Child, your Father calls; come home."

3

But of all the foes we meet,None so apt to turn our feet,None betray us into sin,Like the foes we have within;Yet let nothing spoil your peace,Christ will also conquer these;Then the joyful news will come,"Child, your Father calls; come home."