Christ in Song ‎#855

855. The Homeland

1. The Homeland! O the Homeland!
The land of the freeborn!
There's no night in the Homeland,
But aye the fadeless morn;
I'm sighing for the Homeland,
My heart is aching here;
There is no pain in the Homeland
To which I'm drawing near;
There is no pain in the Homeland
To which I'm drawing near.

2. My Lord is in the Homeland,
With angels bright and fair;
There's no sin in the Homeland,
And no temptation there;
The music of the Homeland
Is ringing in my ears;
And when I think of the Homeland
My eyes are filled with tears;
And when I think of the Homeland
My eyes are filled with tears.

3. The dwellers in the Homeland
Are beck'ning me to come,
Where neither death nor sorrow
Invades their holy home;
O dear, dear native country!
O rest and peace above!
Christ bring us all to the Homeland
Of Thy redeeming love;
Christ bring us all to the Homeland
Of Thy redeeming love.

Text Information

• First Line: The Homeland! O the Homeland!
• Title: The Homeland
• Author: Hugh R. Haweis
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Home Eternal; Special Selections: Solos; Special Selections: Choir or Quartet

Tune Information

• Name: [The Homeland! O the Homeland!]
• Composer: Geo. C. Stebbins
• Key: F Major