6161. Stay, Master, Stay upon This Heavenly Hill

1. Stay, Master, stay, upon this heavenly hill;
A little longer, let us linger still;
With all the mighty ones of old beside,
Near to God’s holy presence still abide;
Before the throne of light we trembling stand,
And catch a glimpse into the spirit land.

2. Stay, Master, stay! we breathe a purer air;
This life is not the life that waits us there;
Thoughts, feelings, flashes, glimpses come and go;
We cannot speak them—nay, we do not know;
Wrapped in this cloud of light we seem to be
The thing we fain would grow—eternally.

3. No! saith the Lord, the hour is past, we go;
Our home, our life, our duties lie below.
While here we kneel upon the mount of prayer,
The plough lies waiting in the furrow there!
Here we sought God that we might know His will;
There we must do it, serve Him, seek Him still.

4. If man aspires to reach the throne of God,
O’er the dull plains of earth must lie the road;
He who best does his lowly duty here,
Shall mount the highest in a nobler sphere:
At God’s own feet our spirits seek their rest,
And he is dearest Him who serves Him best.

Text Information
First Line: Stay, Master, stay, upon this heavenly hill
Title: Stay, Master, Stay upon This Heavenly Hill
Author: Samuel Greg (1854)
Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10
Language: English
Source: Scenes from the Life of Jesus, 1854
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: UNDE ET MEMORES, William H. Monk, 1875
Tune Information
Name: YORKSHIRE
Composer: John Wainwright (1750)
Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10
Incipit: 11234 53456 56712
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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