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The Welcome Home

How sweet will be the welcome home

Author: Mary A. Kidder
Published in 36 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 How sweet will be the welcome home
When this short life is o’er,
When pain and sorrow, care and grief,
Shall dwell with us no more.

Refrain:
Then palms of victory, crowns of glory,
Palms of victory we shall wear.

2 When we that bright and heav’nly land,
With spirit eyes shall see,
And join the holy angel band,
In praise, dear Lord of Thee. [Refrain]

3 O may we live while here below,
In view of that blest day,
When God’s bright angels shall come down,
To bear our souls away. [Refrain]

4 When we shall walk the golden streets,
In garments white and pure;
And sing an endless song of Him
Who made our souls secure. [Refrain]

Source: Crowning Day No. 2 #131

Author: Mary A. Kidder

Used pseudonym: Minnie Waters… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: How sweet will be the welcome home
Title: The Welcome Home
Author: Mary A. Kidder
Language: English
Refrain First Line: The welcome home
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #245

Melodies of Love #92

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #626

Page Scan

Sacred Selections for the Church #369

Include 32 pre-1979 instances
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