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541 Home of the Blest
Tune:
D. W. DeLong
, 1859
Words:
Missouri Minstrel
, 1826
Meter:
Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)
Why
should
our
tears
in
sorrow
flow
When
God
recalls
His
own,
And
bids
them
leave
a
world
of
woe
For
an
eternal
home?
Their
toils
are
past,
their
work
is
done,
And
they
are
fully
blest,
They
fought
the
fight,
the
vict’ry
won,
And
entered
into
rest.