LYRICS
| Meter: | 11 11 12 12 and refrain
| | Writer(s): | Anonymous & Evangelical Association Hymns
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 18 cent,1850
| | Bible Refs: |
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 535
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 378
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 435
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 444
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 36
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 453
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MUSIC
Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 444
| F
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. As Jacob with travel
was weary one day,
at night on a stone
for a pillow he lay;
he saw in a vision
a ladder so high,
that its foot was on earth
and its top in the sky:
Refrain.
Alleluia to Jesus,
who died on the tree
and has raised up
a ladder of mercy for me,
and has raised up
a ladder of mercy for me.
2. The ladder is long,
it is strong and well-made,
has stood hundreds of years
and is not yet decayed;
many millions have climbed it
and reached Zion's hill,
many millions by faith
now are climbing it still.
Refrain.
Alleluia to Jesus,
who died on the tree
and has raised up
a ladder of mercy for me,
and has raised up
a ladder of mercy for me.
3. Come, let us ascend!
All may climb it who will,
for the angels of Jacob
are guarding it still;
and remember, each step
that by faith we pass o'er,
many prophets and martyrs
have trod it before.
Refrain.
Alleluia to Jesus,
who died on the tree
and has raised up
a ladder of mercy for me,
and has raised up
a ladder of mercy for me.
4. And when we arrive
at the haven of rest,
we shall hear the glad words,
"Come to me all the blest,
here are regions of light,
here are mansions of bliss."
Who would not want
to climb such a ladder as this.
Refrain.
Alleluia to Jesus,
who died on the tree
and has raised up
a ladder of mercy for me,
and has raised up
a ladder of mercy for me.
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