American Lutheran Hymnal ‎#307

307. The Homeland! O The Homeland!

1 The Homeland! O the Homeland!
The land of souls free-born!
No gloomy night is known there,
But aye the fade-less morn:
I’m sighing for that Country,
My heart is aching here;
There is no pain in the Homeland,
To which I'm drawing near.

2 My Lord is in the Homeland,
With angels bright and fair;
No sinful thing nor evil
Can ever enter there;
The music of the ransomed
Is ringing in my ears,
And when I think of the Homeland,
My eyes are wet with tears.

3 For loved ones in the Homeland
Are waiting me to come
Where neither death nor sorrow
Invade their holy home:
O dear, dear native Country!
O rest and peace above!
Christ bring us all to the Homeland
Of His eternal love.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: The Homeland! O the Homeland!
• Title: The Homeland! O The Homeland!
• Author: H. R. Haweis (1855)
• Meter: 7 6 7 6 D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1930
• Topic: The Christian Life: Heaven; Processionals and Recessionals: Heaven

Tune Information

• Name: HOMELAND
• Composer: Arthur Sullivan (1872)
• Meter: 7 6 7 6 D.
• Key: E♭ Major