Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: My heavenly home is bright and fair
Topic: Present and Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: The Heavenly Mansion
Hymn Number: 754
Page Number: 277, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMy heavenly home is bright and fair,
We'll be gathered home;
Nor death nor sighing visit there,
We'll be gath-ered home.
CHO.- We'll wait till Jesus comes,
We'll wait till Jesus comes,
We'll wait till Jesus comes,
And we'll be gathered home.
Its glittering towers the sun outshine,
That heavenly mansion shall be mine.
My Father's house is built on high,
Above the arched and starry sky.
When from this earthly prison free,
That heavenly mansion mine shall be.
While here, a stranger far from home,
Affliction's waves may round me foam.
Let others seek a home below,
Which flames devour or waves o'erthrow;
Be mine the happier lot to own,
A heavenly mansion near the throne.
Then, fail this earth, let stars decline,
And sun and moon refuse to shine;
All nature sink and cease to be,
That heavenly mansion stands for me.