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I'm Going Home

My heavenly home is bright and fair, Nor pain nor death can enter there

Author: William Hunter
Tune: [My heavenly home is bright and fair] (Miller)
Published in 691 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 My heav’nly home is bright and fair,
Nor pain nor death can enter there;
It’s glitt’ring tow’rs the sun outshine,
That heav’nly mansion shall me mine.

Refrain
I’m going home, I’m going home,
I’m going home to die no more;
To die no more; to die no more-
I’m going home to die no more.

2 My Father’s house is built on high,
Far, far above the starry sky;
When from this earthly prison free,
That heav’nly mansion mine shall be. [Refrain]

3 Let others seek a home below,
Which flames devour or waves oe’r flow;
Be mine a happier lot to own
A heav’nly mansion near the throne. [Refrain]

Source: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #437

Author: William Hunter

Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :— 1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: My heavenly home is bright and fair, Nor pain nor death can enter there
Title: I'm Going Home
Author: William Hunter
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #237

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #597

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #635

Sacred Songs of the Church #499

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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #437

Songs of Love and Devotion #153

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The Cyber Hymnal #2925

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Yes, Lord! #366

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