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I'm going home, I'm going home

Author: Wm. Hunter Hymnal: Methodist Hymn-Book #763 (1884) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Social and Family Worship - Christian Fellowship and Prayer The heavenly home First Line: My heavenly home is bright and fair Languages: English

Jerusalem, my happy home

Author: Anon.; Joseph Bromhead Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #609 (1913) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Last Things The Heavenly Home; The Last Things The Heavenly Home Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem, my happy home, Name ever dear to me! When shall my labors have an end In joy, and peace, and thee? 2 When shall these eyes thy heaven built walls And pearly gates behold? Thy bulwarks with salvation strong, And streets of shining gold? 3 O when, thou city of my God, Shall I thy courts ascend, Where evermore the angels sing, Where sabbaths have no end? 4 There happier bowers than Eden’s bloom, Nor sin nor sorrow know: Blest seats! through rude and stormy scenes I onward press to you. 5 Why should I shrink at pain and woe, Or feel at death dismay? I’ve Canaan’s goodly land in view, And realms of endless day. 6 Apostles, martyrs, prophets there Around my Savior stand; And soon my friends in Christ below Will join the glorious band. 7 Jerusalem, my happy home! My soul still pants for thee; Then shall my labors have an end, When I thy joy shall see. Tune Title: [Jerusalem my happy home]

There is a blessed home

Author: Sir Henry W. Baker Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #615 (1913) Topics: The Last Things The Heavenly Home; The Last Things The Heavenly Home Lyrics: 1 There is a blessed home Beyond this land of woe, Where trials never come, Nor tears of sorrow flow; Where faith is lost in sight, And patient hope is crowned, And everlasting light Its glory throws around. 2 There is a land of peace, Good angels know it well: Glad songs that never cease Within its portals swell; Around its glorious throne Ten thousand saints adore Christ, with the Father One, And Spirit, evermore. 3 O joy all joys beyond, To see the Lamb who died, And count each sacred wound In hands, and feet, and side; To give to Him the praise Of every triumph won, And sing through endless days The great things He hath done! 4 Look up, ye saints of God, Nor fear to tread below The path your Savior trod Of daily toil and woe; Wait but a little while In uncomplaining love, His own most gracious smile Shall welcome you above. Tune Title: [There is a blessed home]

Hark! hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swellilng

Author: Frederick W. Faber Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #607 (1913) Meter: 11.10.11.10.9.11 Topics: The Last Things The Heavenly Home; The Last Things The Heavenly Home Lyrics: 1 Hark! hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling O’er earth’s green fields, and ocean’s wave-beat shore: How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling Of that new life when sin shall be no more. Angels of Jesus, Angels of light, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night. 2 Onward we go, for still we hear them singing, 'Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come;' And through the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing, The music of the gospel leads us home. Angels of Jesus, Angels of light, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night. 3 Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing, The voice of Jesus sounds o’er land and sea, And laden souls, by thousands meekly stealing, Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee. Angels of Jesus, Angels of light, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night. 4 Rest comes at length: though life be long and dreary, The day must dawn, and darksome night be past; Faith’s journeys end in welcome to the weary, And heaven, the heart’s true home, will come at last. Angels of Jesus, Angels of light, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night. 5 Angels, sing on! your faithful watches keeping; Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above; Till morning’s joy shall end the night of weeping, And life’s long shadows break in cloudless love. Angels of Jesus, Angels of light, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night. Tune Title: [Hark! hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling]

Jerusalem, thou city fair and high

Author: J. M. Meyfart Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #610 (1913) Meter: 10.6.10.6.7.6.7.6 Topics: The Last Things The Heavenly Home; The Last Things The Heavenly Home Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem, thou city fair and high, Would God I were in thee! My longing heart fain, fain to thee would fly, It will not stay with me; Far over vale and mountain, Far over field and plain, It hastes to seek its fountain, And quit this world of pain. 2 O happy day and yet far happier hour, When wilt thou come at last? When fearless to my Father's love and power, Whose promise standeth fast, My soul I gladly render, For surely will His hand Lead her with guidance tender To heaven, her fatherland. 3 A moment's space, and gently, wondrously, Released from earthly ties, The fiery car shall bear her up to Thee, Through all these lower skies, To yonder shining regions, While down to meet her come The blessed angel legions, And bid her welcome home. 4 O Zion, hail! Bright city, now unfold The gates of grace to me! How many a time I longed for thee of old, Ere yet I was set free From yon dark life of sadness, Yon world of shadowy nought, And God had given the gladness, The heritage I sought. 5 Innumerous choirs before the shining throne Their joyful anthems raise, Till heaven's glad halls are echoing with the tone Of that great hymn of praise, And all its host rejoices, And all its blessed throng Unite their myriad voices In one eternal song! Tune Title: [Jerusalem, thou city fair and high]

True Light, that lightest all in heaven and earth

Author: G. Thring Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #613 (1913) Meter: 10.6.10.6.7.6.7.6 Topics: The Last Things The Heavenly Home; The Last Things The Heavenly Home Lyrics: 1 True Light, that lightest all in heaven and , Light us Thou Light divine; Children thou mad'st us by a second birth. children, O Lord, of Thine; Heirs of a life undying, The hidden life above, Strong on Thy strength relying, Safe in a Father's love. 2 The earth, erewhile so oft bedewed with tears, Shall be, like man, new-born; The heavens--unrolled through unimagined years-- Be bright with endless morn; No room is there for sorrow, Toll, trouble, want, or care, None anxious for the morrow,-- There is no morrow there. 3 Light there, eternal light and life shall reign O'er all without, within; No stricken soul e'er bow beneath the pain Of unforgotten sing; The day shall have no ending, No night its shadows cast, All present gladness blending With gladness in the past. 4 We darkly now, as in a mirror, see These wondrous worlds on high; Help us, O Lord, to live our life in Thee, The life that cannot die; Till heavenward ever soaring, By Thy redeeming grace, Before Thy throne adoring We see Thee face to face. Tune Title: [True Light, that lightest all in heaven and earth]

Ten thousand times ten thousand

Author: Henry Alford Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #617 (1913) Topics: The Last Things The Heavenly Home; The Last Things The Heavenly Home Lyrics: 1 Ten thousand times ten thousand, In sparkling raiment bright, The armies of the ransomed saints Throng up the steeps of light: 'Tis finished! all is finished, Their fight with death and sin: Fling open wide the golden gates, And let the victors in. 2 What rush of Hallelujahs Fills all the earth and sky! What ringing of a thousand harps Bespeaks the triumph nigh! O day for which creation And all its tribes were made; O joy, for all its former woes A thousand-fold repaid! 3 O then what raptured greetings On Canaan's happy shore; What knitting severed friendships up, Where partings are no more! Then eyes with joy shall sparkle, That brimmed with tears of late; Orphans no longer fatherless, Nor widows desolate. 4 Bring near Thy great salvation, Thou Lamb for sinners slain; Fill up the roll of Thine elect, Then take Thy power and reign: Appear, Desire of nations, Thine exiles long for home; Show in the heavens Thy promised sign; Thou Prince and Savior, come! Tune Title: [Ten thousand times ten thousand]

"Forever with the Lord!"

Author: J. Montgomery Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #618 (1913) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: The Last Things The Heavenly Home; The Last Things The Heavenly Home Lyrics: 1 "Forever with the Lord!" Amen! so let it be! Life from the dead is in that word, 'Tis immortality! 2 Here, in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home. 3 My Father's house on high, Home of my soul, how near, At times, to faith's foreseeing eye, Thy golden gates appear! 4 Ah!, then my spirit faints To reach the land I love, The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above! 5 "Forever with the Lord!" O Father, if 'tis Thy will, The promise of that faithful word E'en here to me fulfill. 6 Be Thou at my right hand, Then can I never fail; Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand; Fight, and I must prevail. 7 So when my dying breath Shall rend the veil in twain, By death I shall escape from death, To life eternal gain. 8 Knowing as I am known, How shall I love that word And oft repeat, before the throne, "Forever with the Lord!" Tune Title: ["Forever with the Lord!" Amen!]

For thee, O dear, dear country

Author: Bernard of Cluny Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #608 (1913) Topics: The Last Things The Heavenly Home; The Last Things The Heavenly Home Lyrics: 1 For thee, O dear, dear country, Mine eyes their vigils keep; For very love, beholding Thy happy name, they weep. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. 2 O one, O only mansion! O Paradise of joy! Where tears are ever banished And smiles have no alloy; The Lamb is all thy splendor, The Crucified thy praise; His laud and benediction Thy ransomed people raise. 3 With jasper glow thy bulwarks, Thy streets with emeralds blaze; The sardius and the topaz Unite in thee their rays; Thine ageless walls are bonded With amethyst unpriced; The saints build up thy fabric, And the corner-stone is Christ. 4 Thou hast no shore, fair ocean! Thou hast no time, bright day! Dear fountain of refreshment To pilgrims far away! Upon the Rock of Ages They raise thy holy tower; Thine is the victor's laurel, And Thine the golden dower. 5 O sweet and blessed country, The home of God's elect! O sweet and blessed country, That eager hearts expect! Jesus, in mercy bring us To that dear land of rest; Who art, with God the Father And Spirit, ever blest. Tune Title: [For thee, O dear, dear country]

Brief life is here our portion

Author: Bernard of Cluny Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #612 (1913) Topics: The Last Things The Heavenly Home; The Last Things The Heavenly Home Lyrics: 1 Brief life is here our portion; Brief sorrow, short-lived care; The life that knows no ending, The tearless life is there. O happy retribution! Short toil, eternal rest; For mortals, and for sinners A mansion with the blest! 2 And now we fight the battle, But then shall wear the crown Of full and everlasting And passionless renown; And now we watch and struggle, And now we live in hope, And Zion in her anguish With Babylon must cope; 3 But He whom now we trust in Shall then be seen and known; And they that know and see Him Shall have Him for their own. The morning shall awaken, And shadows shall decay, And each true-hearted servant Shall shine as doth the day. 4 There grief is turned to pleasure, Such pleasure as below No human voice can utter, No human heart can know. There God, our king and portion, In fullness of His grace, Shall we behold for ever, And worship face to face. 5 O sweet and blessed country, The home of God's elect! O sweet and blessed country That eager hearts expect! Jesus, in mercy bring us To that dear land of rest; Who art, with God the Father And Spirit, ever blest. Tune Title: [Brief life is here our portion]