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41 Home in Heaven

Words: William Hunter, 1843

Music: Arr. W. W. Parks & M. H. Thomas, 1869

Meter: 9s,10s (9,10,9,10)

A home in heav’n! What a joyful thought,
As the poor man toils in his weary lot:
His heart oppressed, and with anguish driv’n
From his home below to his home in heav’n.

A home in heav’n as the suff’rer lies
On his bed of pain, and uplifts his eyes
To that bright home, what a joy is giv’n,
From the blessed thought of his home in heav’n.

A home in heav’n when the faint heart bleeds
By the Spirit stroke for its evil deeds;
Oh! then what bliss in that heart forgiv’n,
Does the hope inspire of its home in heav’n.

A home in heav’n when our friends are fled
To the cheerless gloom of the mould’ring dead;
We wait in hope on the promise giv’n,
That we’ll meet up there in our home in heav’n.

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