Far from my heavenly home, Far from my Father???s breast, Fainting I cry, blest Spirit, come And speed me to my rest. My spirit homeward turns And fain would thither flee; My heart, O Zion, droops and yearns, When I remember thee. To thee, to thee I press, A dark and toilsome road; When shall I pass the wilderness, And reach the saint???s abode? God of my life, be near; On Thee my hopes I cast: O guide me through the desert here, And bring me home at last.