Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: My heavenly home is bright and fair
Topic: The Present and the Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1124
Page Number: 667, 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 gathered home:
CHORUS.
We'll wait till Jesus comes,
We'll wait till Jesus comes,
We'll wait till Jesus comes,
And we'll be gathered home.
It's glittering towers the sun outshine,
We'll be gathered home;
That heavenly mansion shall be mine,
We'll be gathered home.
My Father's house is built on high,
We'll be gathered home;
Above the arched and starry sky,
We'll be gathered home.
When from this earthly prison free,
We'll be gathered home;
That heavenly mansion mine shall be,
We'll be gathered home.
While here, a stranger far from home,
We'll be gathered home;
Affliction's waves may round me foam,
We'll be gathered home.
Let others seek a home below,
We'll be gathered home;
Which flames devour or waves o'erthrow
We'll be gathered home.
Be mine the happier lot to own,
We'll be gathered home;
A heavenly mansion near the throne,
We'll be gathered home.
Then, fail this earth, let stars decline,
We'll be gathered home;
And sun and moon refuse to shine,
We'll be gathered home.
All nature sink and cease to be,
We'll be gathered home;
That heavenly mansion stands for me,
We'll be gathered home.