The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2145

2145. Happy the Home When God Is There

1. Happy the home when God is there,
And love fills every breast;
When one their wish, and one their prayer,
And one their heav’nly rest.

2. Happy the home where Jesus’ name
Is sweet to every ear;
Where children early speak His fame,
And parents hold Him dear.

3. Happy the home where prayer is heard,
And praise each day does rise;
Where parents love the sacred Word
And all its wisdom prize.

4. Lord, let us in our homes agree
This blessèd peace to gain;
Unite our hearts in love to Thee,
And love to all will reign.

Text Information

• First Line: Happy the home when God is there
• Title: Happy the Home When God Is There
• Author: Henry Ware Jr., 1794-1843
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Selection of Hymns and Poetry for Use of Infants and Juvenile Schools and Families, third edition, 1846
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: DOWNS, Lowell Mason, 1832

Tune Information

• Name: ST. AGNES
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1866)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 33323 47155 53224
• Key: G Major
• Source: Hymnal for Use in the English Church, by John Grey, 1866
• Copyright: Public Domain