Far from my heav'nly home,
Far from my Father's breast,
Fainting I cry, blest Spirit, come,
Blest Spirit, come, blest Spirit, come
And guide me to my rest,
And guide me to my rest.

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

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

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!
O guide me through the desert here
And brin me home at last!
O guide me thro' the desert here
And bring me home at last.