Scripture Verse

My Father’s house. John 14:2

Introduction

Words: Emi­ly Car­roll, in Sab­bath Car­ols, ed­it­ed by Le­on­ard Mar­shall, J. C. Proc­tor & Sam­uel Burn­ham (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Lee & Shep­ard, 1869), page 119.

Music: Wor­ces­ter­shire Na­than Bark­er (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Car­roll or Bark­er (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

I have two homes, two hap­py homes,
By God, the Fa­ther given;
One pre­cious home is here on earth,
My oth­er home is Heav’n,
My oth­er home is Heav’n.

I think up­on my earth­ly home,
And sweet emo­tions rise,
Yet still my spir­it longs to reach
My home above the skies,
My home above the skies.

The glo­ries of my home above,
Nor pen, nor tongue may tell,
For none save spir­its sanc­ti­fied
In that bright land may dwell,
In that bright land may dwell.

My Fa­ther! hear my ear­nest pray­er,
For those I dear­ly love;
O take us all, when life is o’er,
To our bright home above,
To our bright home above.