The phrase "adieu" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...Come death, convey me swiftly home;
Adieu to all my doubts and fears,
My brightest joys are yet to come....
Come death, convey me swiftly home;
Adieu to all my doubts and fears,
My brightest joys are yet to come.
...Heaven is my native air;
I bid my friends a short adieu,
Impatient to be there....
Heaven is my native air;
I bid my friends a short adieu,
Impatient to be there.
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Adieu to every fear!
The tomb is empty now!...
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Adieu to every fear!
The tomb is empty now!
...Then linger no longer afar from the fold,
Bid sin and its follies adieu;
O why will you wander in darkness and cold,...
Then linger no longer afar from the fold,
Bid sin and its follies adieu;
O why will you wander in darkness and cold,
...I’ll bid this world of noise and show,
With all its glittering snares, adieu!
That path with humble speed I’ll seek,...
I’ll bid this world of noise and show,
With all its glittering snares, adieu!
That path with humble speed I’ll seek,
...When He left His beloved disciples,
He said, as He bade them adieu,
I go to prepare you a mansion,...
When He left His beloved disciples,
He said, as He bade them adieu,
I go to prepare you a mansion,
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Ye glittering toys of earth, adieu,
A nobler choice be mine;...
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Ye glittering toys of earth, adieu,
A nobler choice be mine;
...When He left His beloved disciples,
He said, as He bade them adieu,
I go to prepare you a mansion,...
When He left His beloved disciples,
He said, as He bade them adieu,
I go to prepare you a mansion,
...And worship Him now,
For soon you must bid friends adieu;
Lest Jesus pass by...
And worship Him now,
For soon you must bid friends adieu;
Lest Jesus pass by
...That shines on my pathway so clearly, so bright;
I’ve bade the world and its follies adieu,
And now with my Savior I mean to go through....
That shines on my pathway so clearly, so bright;
I’ve bade the world and its follies adieu,
And now with my Savior I mean to go through.
...Farewell to sin and sorrow,
I bid you all adieu;
Then, O my friends, prove faithful,...
Farewell to sin and sorrow,
I bid you all adieu;
Then, O my friends, prove faithful,
...Transform the falling tear.
Adieu! ye vain delights of earth;
Insipid sports, and childish mirth,...
Transform the falling tear.
Adieu! ye vain delights of earth;
Insipid sports, and childish mirth,
...When your Savior gives the word,
Glad you’ll bid the world adieu:
Then He’ll wipe away your tears,...
When your Savior gives the word,
Glad you’ll bid the world adieu:
Then He’ll wipe away your tears,
...Weeping friends, now farewell,
I must bid you adieu;
I’m resting in Jesus, His merits I plead,...
Weeping friends, now farewell,
I must bid you adieu;
I’m resting in Jesus, His merits I plead,
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Vain, delusive world, adieu,
With all of creature good;...
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Vain, delusive world, adieu,
With all of creature good;
...’Tis waving again;
Adieu then to darkness,
And error, and pain....
’Tis waving again;
Adieu then to darkness,
And error, and pain.
...Come, help us to be free.
They bade adieu to home,
To friends and loved ones dear;...
Come, help us to be free.
They bade adieu to home,
To friends and loved ones dear;
...In glory to God through the birth of His Son.
Now, shepherds, adieu, we commend you to God,
Go visit the Son in His humble abode....
In glory to God through the birth of His Son.
Now, shepherds, adieu, we commend you to God,
Go visit the Son in His humble abode.
...To Heaven he lifts his longing eyes,
And bids the world adieu;
While friends are weeping all around,...
To Heaven he lifts his longing eyes,
And bids the world adieu;
While friends are weeping all around,
...Their joy revives again;
The Savior lives: adieu to fear,
To every anxious pain....
Their joy revives again;
The Savior lives: adieu to fear,
To every anxious pain.
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