From: The Jubilee Harp, (Boston: Advent Christian Publication Society, 1868), page 366:

[Musical notation in 4-part harmony is included.]


638. THE GOSPEL TRAIN
Arranged for this work.

1. The gospel train is coming; I hear it just at hand.
I hear the car wheels moving, and rumbling through the land.
I hear the bell and whistle; they're coming 'round the curve.
She's plying all her steam and power, and straining ev'ry nerve.

CHORUS: Get on board; get on board,
For there's room for many more.

2. O see the gospel engine; she's heaving now in sight.
Her steam valves they are groaning; the pressure is so great.
No signal for another train to follow on the line;
O sinner, you're forever lost, if once you're left behind.

3. O see the engine banner; she's fluttering in the breeze.
She's spangled in the Savior's blood, but still she floats with ease.
This is the gospel banner; the motto's new and old.
Salvation and repentance are burnished there in gold.

4. She's nearing now the station; O sinner, don't be vain,
But come and get your ticket, and be ready for the train.
The fare is cheap and all can go; the rich, the poor are there:
No second class on board the train, no difference in the fare.

5. I think she'll make a little halt to wood up on the line,
And give you all a chance to go, but yet she'll make her time.
She's coming 'round the mountain, by rivers and the lake.
The Savior, he's on board the train, controlling steam and brake.

6. We soon shall reach the station; O how we then shall sing!
With all the heavenly army, we'll make the welkin ring.
We'll shout o'er all our sorrows, and sing forevermore,
With Christ and all his army, on that celestial shore.