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WHEN THE ANGELS COME, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When I am exiled from home and from love
Last Line: God sends the angels to welcome me in!
Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise


When I am exiled from home and from love,
Stones underneath and the blackness above,
Longing for light and the heart of a friend,
Then to my Bethel the angels descend.

When through the wilderness panting and worn,
Jezebel-hunted, alone and forlorn,
Weakly I wander in desperate mood,
Then come the angels with strengthening food.

When in Gethsemane's sorrow and dread,
Through the black waters my spirit is led,
When in my anguish I pray for release,
Then come the angels and minister peace.

Heaven is near me wherever I roam;
Christ is the doorway and God is the home;
Forth to my misery, darkness, and sin,
God sends the angels to welcome me in!





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