Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Savior confirm my trust
Topic: Home/Evening Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: I Woodbury
Meter: SM
Tune: Ozrem
Hymn Number: 789
Page Number: 297, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsA sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o'er and o'er;
Today I'm nearer to my home,
Than e'er I've been before.
Near my Father's house,
Where many mansions be,
And nearer to the great white throne,
Nearer the crystal sea.
Nearer the bound of life,
Where falls my burden down;
Nearer to where I leave my cross,
And where I gain my crown.
Savior, confirm my trust,
Complete my faith in thee;
And let me feel as if I stood
Close on eternity;
Feel as if now my feet
Were slipping o'er the brink;
For I may now be nearer home,
Much nearer than I think.