Oh, why thus stand with reluctant feet
Just on the verge of this rest so sweet?
While God invites and your steps will greet,
Come away to Jesus now.

Refrain:
Come away to Jesus,
Come away to Jesus,
Come away to Jesus,
Come away to Jesus now.

Thy Spirit strives, and yet there you stand
In sight of bliss and the glory land;
Retreat is death in the sinking sand,
Come away to Jesus now. [Refrain]

Your loved ones gone to the other shore
With unseen hands seem to beckon o’er;
Their voices hushed, yet they still implore,
Come away to Jesus now. [Refrain]

The touch of death is upon your frame,
The marble slab soon will bear you name;
Lest you should suffer eternal shame,
Come away to Jesus now. [Refrain]