Thirteen and Counting - "Steal Away"

Art Thief with Dots II
By Daniel Maltzman (Sold)

 “Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping garments on, that they may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”       Revelation16:15

Here are the lyrics to the "Steel Away to Jesus" (with a link to the King's Singers).

Written in about 1862 by Wallace Willis (composer of Swing low, sweet chariots), this song speaks of release from pain and suffering.  Wallace, as a freed slave, had experience much of this.  It is a song for Advent.

Steal away, steal away,
steal away to Jesus!
Steal away, steal away home,
I ain't got long to stay here.

1 My Lord, He calls me,
He calls me by the thunder;
The trumpet sounds within my soul;
I ain't got long to stay here. [Refrain] 

2 Green trees are bending,
Poor sinners stand a trembling;
The trumpet sounds within my soul;
I ain't got long to stay here. [Refrain]

3 My Lord, He calls me,
He calls me by the lightning;
The trumpet sounds within my soul;
I ain't got long to stay here.