Heavenly Home

We've no abiding city here

Author: Thomas Kelly
Published in 182 hymnals

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1. We've no abiding city here;
Sad truth, were this to be our home;
But let this thought our spirits cheer,
We seek a city yet to come,
We seek a city yet to come.

2. We've no abiding city here,
We seek a city out of sight;
Zion its name, the Lord is there,
It shines with ever lasting light,
It shines with ever lasting light.

3. O sweet abode of peace and love,
Where pilgrims freed from toil, are blest!
Had I the pinions of a dove,
I'd fly to thee, and be at rest,
I'd fly to thee, and be at rest.

4. But hush, my soul! nor dare repine;
The time my God appoints is best;
While here, to do his will be mine,
And his to fix my time of rest,
And his to fix my time of rest.

Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #925

Author: Thomas Kelly

Kelly, Thomas, B.A., son of Thomas Kelly, a Judge of the Irish Court of Common Pleas, was born in Dublin, July 13, 1769, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was designed for the Bar, and entered the Temple, London, with that intention; but having undergone a very marked spiritual change he took Holy Orders in 1792. His earnest evangelical preaching in Dublin led Archbishop Fowler to inhibit him and his companion preacher, Rowland Hill, from preaching in the city. For some time he preached in two unconsecrated buildings in Dublin, Plunket Street, and the Bethesda, and then, having seceded from the Established Church, he erected places of worship at Athy, Portarlington, Wexford, &c, in which he conducted divine worship and preached. H… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: We've no abiding city here
Title: Heavenly Home
Author: Thomas Kelly
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Bright city, blest city
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CCCLXV

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d344

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CCCLXV

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Hymns, Selected and Original #447

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A Selection of Hymns #34

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Evangelical Hymns #316

A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors #d410

A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors #d411

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Church Psalmody #H394

Family Hymns #d265

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Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #447

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #394

Melodies of the Church #d1075

Melodies of the Church #d1076

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d1122

The Halifax Selection of Hymns #d447

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Hymns for Christian Melody #329

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #460

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Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #297

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #422

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Hymns #447

Social Melodies #d140

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The Baptist Hymn Book #817

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D338

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d568

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The Saint's Harp #118

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Parish Hymns #395

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Church Psalmist #820

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The Sacred Melodeon #d111

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Hymns #447

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The Harp #729

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Church Psalmist #820

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Hymns and Psalms, Original and Modern, Selected and Revised #d339

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Hymns for Social Worship. 6th ed. #d267

Hymns for Social Worship. 6th ed. #d268

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Plymouth Collection #a499

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