I go to prepare a place for you.
John 14:2
Words: J. W. Pearse, in The Gospel Singer, edited by Philip Phillips (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lee & Walker, 1874), page 63.
Music: Maravillas George D. Sawyer (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Pearse’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him or Sawyer (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), would you ?
There is a glorious home,
Up, up in Heav’n;
Where happy spirits roam,
Up, up in Heav’n,
Their joys are joys untold,
Their bliss can none unfold,
They sing to harps of gold,
Up, up in Heav’n.
And may I hope to dwell
Up, up in Heav’n?
With angels help to swell
The songs of Heav’n?
The Bible says I may
Be there thro’ endless day,
And Christ has made the way,
Up, up to Heav’n.
O come and join the band,
Up, up in Heav’n;
Come to this happy land,
Up, up in Heav’n;
For all who like may come
And Jesus says there’s room
Within His glorious home,
Up, up in Heav’n.