I cannot stay

The phrase "I cannot stay" resonates through 3 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

“I cannot stay”· 3 hymns found

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Yonder is my rest and lot,

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I must hasten to be there.

I cannot stay

Farewell earthly pleasures all,

From the arms of love away,

’Tis the Master calling me;

Yonder’s My Home

lyricist: Irville Leslie, 1845

Composer: H. S. Blunt, 1891

Hymn 1

...Yonder is my rest and lot,

I cannot stay.

Farewell earthly pleasures all,...

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Yonder is my rest and lot,

I cannot stay.

Farewell earthly pleasures all,

I Will Go

lyricist: Fanny Crosby, 1887

Composer: William Kirkpatrick

Hymn 2

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I will go, I cannot stay

From the arms of love away,...

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I will go, I cannot stay

From the arms of love away,

Missionary’s Farewell

Composer: Isaiah Baltzell,1886

Hymn 3

...I must hasten to be there.

Let me go, I cannot stay,

’Tis the Master calling me;...

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I must hasten to be there.

Let me go, I cannot stay,

’Tis the Master calling me;

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