The Gospel Message Choir ‎#18

18. Blessed Homeland

1 Blessed homeland, for which my heart doth long,
It cometh near, and fills my soul today;
Of my homeland faith sees the distant shore,
Where Jesus waits with lov’d ones gone before.

Refrain:
Blessed homeland, blessed homeland,
For thee we wait and long!
Blessed homeland,
Blessed homeland,
There sighs shall change to song.

2 Blessed homeland, what glories wait us there,
Unseen as yet, but ours with Christ to share!
T my homeland I turn from present grief;
There life awaits, my Saviour’s sweet relief. [Refrain]

3 Blessed homeland, how oft thy visions bright
Sweep o’er our hearts, till, raptured by the sight,
For our homeland we long and wait and pray,
When passing night shall bring the sunlit day. [Refrain]

4 Blessed homeland, thy joys for e’er shall last,
No shade of sin, or sorrows in earth’s past;
From our homeland is banished sigh and pain,
For there our Lord forevermore shall reign. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Blessed homeland, for which my heart doth long
• Title: Blessed Homeland
• Author: Ernest G. W. Wesley
• Refrain First Line: Blessed homeland, blessed homeland
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1929

Tune Information

• Name: [Blessed homeland, for which my heart doth long]
• Composer: J. E. Delmarter