1 Since I’m bound for my home in the skies,
And I strive for that heavenly prize;
Since the Master has opened mine eyes
All the things of the world seem so small to me.
Chorus:
The things of the world seem so small to me,
Of treasures far greater I’d sing;
When the stars have grown old and the suns have grown cold,
I shall still be a child of the King.
2 All the wealth of the world must decay,
It may all disappear in a day;
But my treasures cannot pass away
All the things of the world seem so small to me. [Chorus]
3 There are those who have houses and lands,
But their riches are like shifting sands,
Greater treasures are at my command
And the things of the world seem so small to me. [Chorus]
4 All the favors of heaven are mine,
Endless rapture and glory divine;
In that land where the ransomed shall shine,
So the things of the world seem so small to me. [Chorus]
Source: Inspiring Gospel Solos and Duets No. 1 #142
Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >
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