I go to prepare a place for you.
John 14:2
Words: Harriet E. Jones, in The Brethren Hymnal (Elgin, Illinois: Brethren Publishing House, 1901), number 724.
Music: George B. Holsinger (🔊 pdf nwc).
O glorious homeland
Just over the line,
Prepared for the weary
By Christ the divine,
Who says if I’m faithful
That home shall be mine,
In the beautiful, golden sometime.
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Beautiful golden sometime,
Sometime, sometime,
Thro’ Jesus, my Savior,
That home shall be mine,
In the beautiful, golden sometime.
When friends loved so dearly
Drift over the tide,
And days seem so dreary
When missed from our side,
I think of reunion
Where angels abide,
In the beautiful, golden sometime.
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When weary with toiling,
In sorrow alone,
With bearing the burdens
To others unknown,
There comes to my mind the
Sweet rest near the throne,
In the beautiful, golden sometime.
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When deep are the shadows
Encircling me here,
When beams of glad sunlight
So seldom appear,
Hope whispers of homeland
And glorified cheer,
In the beautiful, golden sometime.
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