Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: We're going home we've had visions bright
Topic: The Present and the Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: PM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1161
Page Number: 696, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWe're going home, we've had visions bright
Of that holy land, that world of light,
Where the long, dark night of time is past,
And the morn of eternity dawns at last:
Where the weary saint no more shall roam,
But dwell in a happy peaceful home:
Where the brow with sparkling gems is crowned,
And the waves of bliss are flowing round,
O, that beautiful world! O, that beautiful world!
We're going home, we soon shall be
Where the sky is clear, and all are free;
Where the victor's song floats o'er the plains,
And the seraph's anthems blend with its strains;
Where the sun rolls down its brilliant flood,
And beams on a world that is fair and good;
Where stars, once dimmed at nature's doom,
Will ever shine o'er the new earth's bloom,
O, that beautiful world! O, that beautiful world!
'Mid the ransomed throng, 'mid the seas of bliss,
'Mid the holy city's gorgeousness;
'Mid the verdant plains, 'mid angels' cheer,
'Mid the saints that round the throne appear;
Where the conqueror's song as it sounds afar,
Is wafted on the ambrosial air;
Through endless years we then shall prove,
The worth of a Saviour's matchless love.
O, that beautiful world! O that beautiful world!