Are We Almost There?

Are we almost there? are we almost there?

Author: A. C. Judson
Tune: FLORENCE (Hull)
Published in 29 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Are we almost there? are we almost there?
Says the weary saint, as he sighs for home;
Are those the verdant trees that rear
Their stately forms 'mid heav'ns bright dome!

2 Then he talks of the flowers, the unsullied stream
That flows through the paradise of God;
And he longs to wake from life's troubled dream,
To walk those golden streets abroad.

3 He is weary and sick of this world's rude strife,
And pants for a holy, peaceful clime;
To glow with the vigor of endless life,
And be compassed no more by the bounds of time.

4 His eye is fixed on the world to come;
He walks by faith through this vale of care,
And oft inquires, as he draws near home,
With anxious heart, "Are we almost there!"

5 They bid him look at the charms of earth,
At the boasted trophies man doth rear;
To enter the giddy halls of mirth;
But ah! how vain do they all appear!

6 For he's had an earnest of those joys
Which the righteous alone can ever share;
He turns with contempt from these earthly toys,
And fervently asks, "Are we almost there?"

7 He is waiting to hear the trumpet sound,
And to meet the Saviour in the air;
The day-star dawns; soon with joyous bound
He can say indeed, "We are almost there."

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #1184

Author: A. C. Judson

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Text Information

First Line: Are we almost there? are we almost there?
Title: Are We Almost There?
Author: A. C. Judson
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 29 of 29)

Advent Hymn Book #d8

Choicest Gems #d5

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Golden Songs #70a

Hymns for Second Advent Believers #d9

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d54

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a576

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Hymns of the Advent #165

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Hymns of the Morning #165

Musical Gems. 7th ed. #d8

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Sacred Melodies for Social Worship #52

Second Advent Hymn Book #d3

Second Advent Hymn Book #d5

Spiritual Melodies #d21

Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d24

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The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #396

The Christian Lyre #d20

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The Harp #1018

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a1018

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The Jubilee Harp #576

The Millennial Harp #d27

The Millennial Harp #d18

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The New Jubilee Harp #172

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The New Jubilee Harp #172

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The New Song #204a

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1184

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The Union Harp #75

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #252

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #252

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