The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1509

1509. Far from My Heavenly Home

1. Far from my heavenly home,
Far from my Father’s breast,
Fainting I cry, blest Spirit, come
And speed me to my rest.

2. Upon the willows long
My harp has silent hung:
How should I sing a cheerful song
Till Thou inspire my tongue?

3. My spirit homeward turns
And fain would thither flee;
My heart, O Zion, droops and yearns,
When I remember thee.

4. To thee, to thee I press,
A dark and toilsome road;
When shall I pass the wilderness,
And reach the saint’s abode?

5. God of my life, be near;
On Thee my hopes I cast:
O guide me through the desert here,
And bring me home at last.

Text Information

• First Line: Far from my heavenly home
• Title: Far from My Heavenly Home
• Author: Henry F. Lyte (1834)
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Spirit of the Psalms, 1834
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: LYTE, John B. Wilkes, 1861

Tune Information

• Name: ST. BRIDE
• Composer: Samuel Howard (1762)
• Meter: SM
• Incipit: 15132 13735 43543
• Key: g minor
• Copyright: Public Domain