Nearer My Home

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A crown of glory bright

Author: Alice Cary
Tune: NEARER MY HOME (Evans)
Published in 68 hymnals

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1 A crown of glory bright,
By faith, I see
In yonder realms of light
Prepared for me.
Oh, may I faithful prove,
And keep it in my view,
And thro' the storms of life
My way pursue.

2 Jesus, be then my guide,
My steps attend;
Oh, keep me near thy side,
Be thou my friend.
Be thou my shield and sun,
My Saviour and my guard;
And when my work is done,
My great reward.

Source: The New Sabbath School Hosanna: enlarged and improved: a choice collection of popular hymns and tunes, original and selected: for the Sunday school and the family circle... #31a

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Author: Alice Cary

Alice Cary (1820-1871) was born and raised in Mount Healthy in Hamilton County, Ohio. Her family had come from Lyme, New Hampshire when her grandfather was given land in return for his service in the Continental Army. She had been nationally recognized as an interpreter of pioneer traditions. Her short story collections depict Mount Healthy as it was transformed from an isolated rural village to a Cincinnati suburb. She and her sister Phoebe wrote for local religious periodicals before Alice moved to New York City. John Greenleaf Whitier praised Alice's stories as "simple, natural, truthful [with] a keen sense of humor and pathos of the comedy and tragedy of life in the country." Her hymn "Along the mountain track of life" was published i… Go to person page >

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First Line:	A crown of glory bright
Title:	Nearer My Home
Author:	Alice Cary
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I'm nearer my home
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Notes

A crown of glory bright [high], p. 214, i. This hymn, attributed to Alice Cary in most collections of hymns, is claimed by Mr. Hubert Main of New York for Phoebe Cary (p. 214, i.), sister of Alice. It appeared anonymously in a Sunday School hymn book published by the Sunday School Union, N. Y., in 1800.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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