Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: A sweetly solemn thought
Topic: Heaven
Writer: Phoebe Cary
Composer: I Woodbury
Meter: SM
Tune: Ozrem
Hymn Number: 401
Page Number: 131, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsA SWEETLY solemn thought
Comes to me o'er and o'er:
To-day I'm nearer to my home
Than e'er I've been before;
Nearer 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.
Saviour, 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.