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Text:Only Going Home
Author:F. A. B.
Tune:[When the Saviour in His glory]
Composer:F. A. Blackmer

33. Only Going Home

1 When the Saviour in His glory
Comes to sit on the judgment throne,
When I pass that day before Him,
I shall only be going home.

Chorus:
I shall only be going home,
I shall only be going home;
When I pass to my Saviour's presence,
I shall only be going home.

2 I shall have no cause to fear Him,
Though I know I must stand alone;
If to Him I have been faithful,
I shall only be going home. [Chorus]

3 And I know that joys eternal,
Shall be mine when the Lord shall come;
And that when I rise to meet Him,
I shall only be going home. [Chorus]

4 I am pining for His presence,
As apart from my Lord I roam;
I am weary here of staying,
And I long to be going home. [Chorus]

Text Information
First Line: When the Saviour in His glory
Title: Only Going Home
Author: F. A. B.
Refrain First Line: I shall only be going home
Language: English
Publication Date: 1897
Copyright: © 1890 by F. A. Blackmer
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [When the Saviour in His glory]
Composer: F. A. Blackmer
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: © 1890 by F. A. Blackmer
Notes: Now Public Domain



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