Scripture Verse

I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:3

Introduction

Words: L. Hook­er, in The Shin­ing Ri­ver, ed­it­ed by Hen­ry Per­kins & Will­iam Per­kins (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1875), num­ber 78, alt.

Music: Wŏn­san Will­iam O. Per­kins (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Hook­er’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or Per­kins,

Lyrics

No homeless wanderer am I,
My Fa­ther dwells above the sky;
And when His chos­en time has come,
He’ll send for me and take me home.

Refrain

O home of peace and light and love!
My Fa­ther’s home! My home above!
Oh haste, thou hap­py hour, to come
When God shall send and take me home.

No lone­ly home, far off re­moved
From all the friends I knew and loved
Is mine; for in one house are placed
The ma­ny man­sions of the blest.

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Nor shall a stran­ger’s wel­come meet
My tired spir­it at the gate;
My Lord Him­self in love will come
And give to me a wel­come home.

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And oh, what joy to hear Him say,
Well done, where I am thou shalt be;
Since thou hast con­quered, thou shalt have
All things that Je­sus has to give.

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