The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11247

11247. Our Better Home Beyond

1 Had earth no thorns among its flowers,
And life no fount of tears,
We might forget our better home,
Beyond this vale of tears.

Refrain:
Home, sweet home;
Our beautiful home beyond.
Our home that Jesus has gone to prepare,
Our beautiful home beyond.

2 How wisely God our cup has filled,
With mingled joy and grief,
To teach our hearts that mortal things,
Tho’ bright, are only brief. [Refrain]

3 Our better home! how sweet to think,
When torn from those we love,
No sad farewell can ever reach
Our better home above. [Refrain]

4 O blissful moment when aside
These earthly robes we’ll cast,
Then wake to know our souls have found
The better home at last. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Had earth no thorns among its flowers
• Title: Our Better Home Beyond
• Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby
• Refrain First Line: Home, sweet home
• Language: English
• Source: Brightest and Best by Robert Lowry and Howard Doane (New York/Chicago: Biglow & Main, 1875)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Had earth no thorns among its flowers]
• Composer: William Howard Doane
• Key: E Major
• Copyright: Public Domain