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When we get home

Representative Text

1 Oh, friend, as journ'ing onward,
To gain the better land;
We go with many a longing,
Dear lov'd ones, hand in hand;
Oh! think of all the rapture,
That thro' heaven's sunlit dome,
Shall ring in songs of welcome,
When we, when we get home.

chorus:
Home, blessed home so fair,
Sweet is the rest that waits us there;
Home, home,
Beautiful, blessed home

2 There at the pearly portals,
Those who have gone before,
Shall come to bid us welcome
To heav'n's delightful shore;
And we shall enter with them,
No more 'mid doubts to roam;
For they'll be true who love us,
When we, when we get home. [Chorus]

3 Oh, hearts of those who sorrow,
Be strong and brave to do;
Joy cometh on the morrow,
Peace waits at last for you;
Not long shall cares beset us,
The happy time will come;
So friends be brave and patient,
We'll soon, we'll soon be home. [Chorus]

Source: Minnetonka Songs: for Sabbath Schools, compiled especially for the Minnetonka Sabbath-School Assembly #89

Author: Eben E. Rexford

Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company.… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O friends, as journeying onward
Title: When we get home
Author: Eben E. Rexford
Refrain First Line: Home, blessed home so fair
Copyright: Public Domain

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Minnetonka Songs #89

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