In My Father’s house are many mansions.
John 14:2
Words & Music: Charles A. Havens, in Coronation Hymns, edited by Edwin O. Excell (Chicago, Illinois: E. O. Excell, 1910), number 119 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Song-land fair, over there,
Free from sorrow, free from care;
Angels bright, robed in white,
Dwell in peace and pure delight;
By and by, shadows nigh,
Resting comes in home on high;
We shall join in praises there,
In that happy Song-land fair.
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Holy, happy Song-land fair,
Radiant mansions wait us there;
By and by, shadows nigh,
Resting comes in home on high;
We shall join in praises there,
In that happy Song-land fair.
Toils are o’er, near the shore,
Near the blessèd evermore;
Hand in hand, near the strand,
Near the shining Summer Land;
Where we go, fountains flow,
In the noontide’s sunny glow;
Joyful ransomed souls are there,
In that happy Song-land fair.
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