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,

Yonder’s My Home

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,

I Will Go

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;

Missionary’s Farewell

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