I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne.
Revelation 5:11
Words: Frank Forest, in Palmer’s Sabbath School Songs, edited by Horatio Palmer (Chicago, Illinois: Adams, Blackmer & Lyon, 1868), page 27, alt.
Music: Horatio L. Palmer (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Forest (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
There is a home eternal,
Beautiful and bright,
Where sweet joys supernal
Never are dimmed by night;
White robed angels are singing
Ever around the bright throne;
When, O when shall I see thee,
Beautiful, beautiful home?
Flowers forever are springing
In that home so fair;
Throngs of children are singing,
Praises to Jesus there;
How they swell the glad anthems
Ever around the bright throne;
When, O when shall I see thee,
Beautiful, beautiful home?
Soon I shall join that anthem,
Far beyond the sky;
Jesus became my ransom,
Why should I fear to die?
Soon my eyes will behold Him
Seated upon the bright throne;
Then, O then shall I see thee,
Beautiful, beautiful home.