The Plymouth Sabbath School Collection of Hymns and Tunes ‎#31

31. We are on our journey home

1 We are on our journey home,
Where Christ our Lord is gone;
We shall meet around his throne,
When He makes His people one
In the new, In the new, In the new Jerusalem.

2 We can see that distant home,
Tho' clouds roll dark between;
Faith views the radiant dome,
And a lustre flashes keen
From the new, From the new, From the new Jerusalem.

3 O glory shining far
From the never-setting sun!
O trembling morning star!
Our journey's almost done
To the new Jerusalem.

4 O holy, heavenly home!
O, rest eternal there!
When shall the exiles come,
Where they cease from earthly care,
In the new Jerusalem.

5 Our hearts are breaking now,
Those mansions fair to see;
O Lord! thy heavens bow,
And raise us up with Thee
To the new Jerusalem.

Text Information

• First Line: We are on our journey home
• Publication Date: 1865
• Notes: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: MT. BLANC
• Meter: 6s & 7s
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Plymouth Collection, by permission