Scripture Verse

In My Father’s house are many mansions. John 14:2

Introduction

Words: Wi­ni­fred A. Chea­ney, in The Best Gos­pel Songs and Their Com­pos­ers (Dal­ton, Geor­gia: An­tho­ny J. Sho­wal­ter, 1904), num­ber 148.

Music: Lake Pla­cid Ro­bert D. Bur­le­son (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
Robert D. Burleson (1876–1939)

Lyrics

When we get home, O bless­èd hope!
We speak the words with tremb­ling tongue,
While in this world of sin we grope,
Where heads are bowed and hearts are wrung.

Refrain

When we get home, when we get home,
To heav’n­ly lands and man­sions fair,
When we have crossed cold Jor­dan’s foam,
How sweet will be our wel­come there.

When we get home, O sweet re­lease,
From sin and sor­row, pain and tears,
To feel the calm of per­fect peace,
And know all joy thro’ end­less years.

Refrain

When we get home, O rich re­ward,
To meet our loved ones gone be­fore,
To feel the pre­sence of our Lord,
And know the love that shall en­dure.

Refrain