This World Is Not My Home

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I've left the land [way] of death and sin

Alterer: Mrs. John T. Benson (1899)
Tune: [I have left the land of death and sin] (Benson)
Published in 52 hymnals

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1 I’ve left the way of death and sin,
The road that many travel in;
And if you ask the reason why,
I seek a glorious home on high.

Chorus:
This world, this world is not my home,
This world, this world is not my home,
This world is not my resting place,
This world, this world is not my home.

2 Tho’ many would my progress stay,
And beg me not to watch and pray;
I dare not listen to their cry;
I seek a glorious home on high. [Chorus]

3 O sinner, come and go with me,
And seek this land of liberty;
O, do not stay, but tell me why
You do not seek this home on high. [Chorus]

Source: Songs of Praise #135

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Alterer: Mrs. John T. Benson

Mrs. John T. Benson (Eva Green Benson) was born on July 21, 1865 in Mississippi and died on August 3, 1932 in Haysboro, Tennesee. With her husband she compiled two hymnbooks: Living Water Songs No. 2 and Glory Songs, published by the Pentecostal Mission Publishing Company in Nashville, Tennessee. NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/e/n/benson_eg.htm Go to person page >

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First Line:	I've left the land [way] of death and sin
Title:	This World Is Not My Home
Alterer:	Mrs. John T. Benson (1899)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	This world is not my home
Copyright:	Public Domain