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Text:One sweetly solemn thought
Author:Phoebe Cary
Tune:[One sweetly solemn thought]
Composer:Philip Phillips

126. One sweetly solemn thought

1 One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o’er and o’er;
I'm nearer home today, today,
Than I have been before.

Chorus:
Nearer my home,
Nearer my home,
Nearer my home today, today,
Than I have been before.

2 Nearer my Father’s house,
Where many mansions be;
Nearer the great white throne today,
Nearer the crystal sea. [Chorus]

3 Nearer the bound of life,
Where burdens are laid down;
Nearer to leave the cross today,
And nearer to the crown. [Chorus]

4 Be near me when my feet
Are slipping o'er the brink;
For I am nearer home today,
Perhaps, than now I think. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: One sweetly solemn thought
Title: One sweetly solemn thought
Author: Phoebe Cary
Refrain First Line: Nearer my home
Publication Date: 1877
Scripture:
Copyright: From "Song Sermons." By permission of Philip Phillips.
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [One sweetly solemn thought]
Composer: Philip Phillips
Key: B♭ Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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