As Jacob with travel was weary one day - piano

As Jacob with travel was weary one day



Author: 18th century Traditional



As Jacob with travel was weary one day,

At night on a stone for a pillow he lay;

He saw in a vision a ladder so high

That its foot was on earth and its top in the sky.



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Alleluia to Jesus who died on the tree,

And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me,

And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me.



This ladder is long, it is strong and well made,

Has stood hundred of years and is not yet decayed;

Many millions have climbed it and reached Sion's hill,

and thousands by faith are climbing it still:



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Come let us ascend! all may climb it who will;

For the angels of Jacob are guarding it still:

And remember, each step that by faith we pass o'er,

some prophet or martyr has trod it before.



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And when we arrive at the haven of rest

We shall hear the glad words, 'Come up hither, ye blest,

here are regions of light, here are mansion of bliss.'

O who would not climb such a ladder as this?



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