Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: I seek a place which is out of sight
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 9s and 8s
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Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 287, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI SEEK a place which is out of sight,
A city high up in the skies;
There, there is my home, all pure and bright,
And homeward my spirit still hies.
I'm bound for home, for my blissful home,
The house and the city above;
And all who forsake their sins may come
And dwell in that city of love.
I seek a place where they heave no sigh,
Where sorrow can never be known;
But where I shall drink from founts of joy
That gush ever bright from the throne.
I'm bound for home, &c.
I seek a place where they never die,
Where beauty and youth never fade;
Where never is heard the mournful cry,
"My friend, my beloved, is dead."
I'm bound for home, &c.
I seek a place where they sin no more,
Where Satan, my foe, cannot lure;
And oh! when I reach that blessed shore
My soul is forever secure.
I'm bound for home, &c.
I seek a place where the patriarchs shine,
Apostles, and martyrs, and seers;
Encircled in robes of light divine,
Triumphant o'er sorrow and fears.
I'm bound for home, &c.
I seek a place where the Saviour reigns,
That Jesus once nailed to the tree;
He purchased that place with blood and pains,
And went to prepare it for me.
I'm bound for home, &c.