In My Father’s house are many mansions…I go to prepare a place for you.
John 14:2
Words: James L. Nicholson, in Devotional Melodies (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: A. S. Jenks, 1859).
Music: William U. Butcher (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Nicholson or Butcher (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
There’s a beautiful land on high,
To its glories I fain would fly,
When by sorrow pressed down,
I long for my crown,
In that beautiful land on high.
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In that beautiful land I’ll be
From earth and its cares set free;
My Jesus is there, He’s gone to prepare
A place in that land for me.
There’s a beautiful land on high,
And my kindred its bliss enjoy;
Methinks I now see how they’re waiting for me,
In that beautiful land on high.
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There’s a beautiful land on high,
And though here I oft weep and sigh,
My Jesus hath said that no tears shall be shed
In that beautiful land on high.
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There’s a beautiful land on high,
Where we never shall say, Goodbye
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When over the river we’re happy for ever
In that beautiful land on high.
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