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: Alleluya to Jesus, who died on the tree, And,hath raised up a ladder of mercy for me, And hath raised up a ladder of mercy for me.

2. This 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 Sion's hill, And thousands by faith are climbing it still: 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, Some prophet or martyr hath trod it before:

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