LORD, WE CANNOT GO AWAY

Lord, we cannot go away -

Thou hast words of life eternal;

Powers both earthly and infernal

Cannot lure us - we will stay.

In each word that Thou dost say

Love is at the very kernel:

Lord, we cannot go away -

Thou hast words of life eternal;

Love that guards us from dismay;

Love from God which is paternal;

Love of saints which is fraternal;

Love which bears us all the way:

Lord, we cannot go away.