The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1258

1258. Down from Their Home on High

1. Down from their home on high,
Down thro’ the starry sky,
Angels descending fly,
While the earth shaketh;
Roll they the stone away
From where the Savior lay—
Out into glorious day
His way He taketh.

Refrain
Loud hallelujahs! Loud hallelujahs!
Our risen Savior, to Thee we sing:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

2. He from the grave is gone,
Treading the way alone;
Death now is overthrown
By His endeavor!
Where is thy victory
O Grave? and where shall be,
O Death, our fear of thee?
Vanished forever! [Refrain]

3. Sing we Thy praise for aye,
Who washed our sins away;
Unto Thy name alway
We shall be singing:
Far down the tracts of time,
Shall every earthly clime
Join in the song sublime,
With praises ringing! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Down from their home on high
• Title: Down from Their Home on High
• Author: James Carter (ca. 1881)
• Refrain First Line: Loud hallelujahs! Loud hallelujahs!
• Language: English
• Source: A Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music, for the Sunday School, by Charles S. Robinson (New York: The Century Company, 1881); The author's name, omitted from this source, is given in Life-Time Hymns, by Horatio R. Palmer, C. C.
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Down from their home on high]
• Composer: James Carter (ca. 1881)
• Incipit: 33334 32222 32234
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: A Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music, for the Sunday School, by Charles S. Robinson (New York: The Century Company, 1881), number 235
• Copyright: Public Domain