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O think of the home over there

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1 Ack, saliga hem hos vår Gud,
Där den lefvande älf rinner fram,
Där de frälse i skinande skrud
Böja knä för det slaktade Lamm.
Hos vår Gud, hos vår Gud,
Ack, saliga hem hos vår Gud!
Hos vår Gud, hos vår Gud,
Ack, saliga hem hos vår Gud!

2 Ack tänk, hvilken skar hos Gud,
Utaf vänner, som lyktat sin färd,
Och som nu höja segrande ljud
I sitt hem i den himmelska värld.
Hos vår Gud, hos vår Gud,
Ack tänk, hvilken skar hos Gud!
Hos vår Gud, hos vår Gud
Ack tänk, hvilken skar hos Gud!

3 Där har jag min Jesus hos Gud
Och de kära, som re'n hunnit hamn;
O, så vill jag som längtande brud
Skynda dit till min Frälsares famn?
Hos vår Gud, hos vår Gud,
Där har jag min Jesus hos Gud!
Hos vår Gud, hos vår Gud
Där har jag min Jesus hos Gud!

4 Och snart är jag hemma hos Gud,
Ty min vandring är nära sitt slut;
Många kära mig vänta hos Gud,
Som sitt mål hafvahunnit förut.
Hos vår Gud, hos vår Gud,
Ack, snart är jag hemma hos Gud!
Hos vår Gud, hos vår Gud,
Ack, snart är jag hemma hos Gud!



Source: Lutherförbundets Sångbok #S131

Author: DeWitt Clinton Huntington

Rv DeWitt Clinton Huntington USA 1830-1912. Born at Townsend, VT, one of nine siblings, he attended Syracuse University, NY, and was ordained a Methodist Episcopal minister in 1853. He married Frances Harriett Davis in 1853, and they had three children: Charles, Thomas, and Horace. After her death in 1866, he married Mary Elizabeth Moore in 1868, and they had a daughter, Mary Frances. He pastored in Rochester, NY, (1861-71 & 1876-79), Syracuse, NY, (1873-76), Olean, NY, (1885-89), Bradford, PA, (1882-85 & 1889-91), and Lincoln, NE, (1891-96), where he became a Methodist District Superintendent of relief work. At his pastorate he also personally designed and oversaw construction of a brick sanctuary seating over 1100 people. A depress… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Ack, saliga hem hos vår Gud
Title: O think of the home over there
Original Language: English
Author: DeWitt Clinton Huntington
Language: Swedish
Refrain First Line: Hos vår Gud, hos vår Gud
Copyright: Public Domain

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