The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16740

16740. The Glorious Prospect

1 Amid the hours that ra­pid fly,
Amid the flow’rs that soon must die;
Amid our tears while here we roam,
How sweet the thought we’re go­ing home.

Refrain:
Going home, go­ing home
How sweet the thought we’re go­ing home.

2 We’re go­ing home with saints to dwell,
Where an­gel hosts their chor­us swell,
To join the glor­ious ran­somed band
Who stand in bliss at God’s right hand. [Refrain]

3 We’ll cling to Jesus in the hour
When sin and Sa­tan use their pow­er,
And mur­mur not when sor­rows come,
For by and by we’re go­ing home. [Refrain]

4 No dy­ing groans shall there be heard,
And we shall speak no part­ing word;
O, sin­ner, to our Sav­ior come,
And join the band that’s goi­ng home. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Amid the hours that ra­pid fly
• Title: The Glorious Prospect
• Author: Phebe A. Hanaford
• Refrain First Line: Going home, go­ing home
• Meter: 88.88.68
• Language: English
• Source: Vestry Chimes by Asa Hull (Boston: James P. Magee, 1864)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: MONTEBELLO
• Composer: Asa Hull (1885)
• Meter: 88.88.68
• Key: D Major
• Source: Gospel Praise Book, by Asa Hull (New York: D. W. Knowles, 1879), number 82
• Copyright: Public Domain