Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#490

490. Steal Away

Text Information

• First Line: My Lord, he calls me
• Title: Steal Away
• Refrain First Line: Steal away, steal away
• Meter: 57.87 w. refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Matthew 24:27
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:51-53
  ;
  1 Thessalonians 4:15-18
• Topic: Eternal Life
• Source: African-American spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: STEAL AWAY
• Meter: 57.87 w. refrain
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: African-American spiritual

Text Information:

Several slave songs had double meanings. To 'steal away home' meant to run away to freedom or to go home to God after death. Nat Turner called his conspirators together with this song