The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13998

13998. Our Homeland

1 Just beyond life’s purpling twilight,
And its sunset gates of gold,
Lies a land of wondrous beauty,
Full of joy and peace untold.

Refrain:
Blessed homeland, heavenly homeland,
Just beyond earth’s darkest night,
Where the tree of life is blooming,
And the skies are ever bright.

2 Just beyond life’s moaning surges,
And its billows’ ceaseless roll,
Hidden from our earth-dimmed vision,
Lies the homeland of the soul. [Refrain]

3 And tho’ hidden by the shadows,
Glorious sunshine sometimes falls,
Radiant gleams of Heaven’s splendor,
From its jeweled jasper walls. [Refrain]

4 Just beyond our weary watching,
Just beyond our doubts and fears,
Just beyond our hopes and longings,
Just beyond our pain and tears. [Refrain]

5 Just beyond the curtain lifting,
We shall see the glittering towers,
Of that distant longed for haven,
In God’s summerland of flowers. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Just beyond life’s purpling twilight
• Title: Our Homeland
• Author: A. B. Kendall
• Refrain First Line: Blessed homeland, heavenly homeland
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Language: English
• Source: White Wings, by Curtis V. Strickland and T. H. Osborn (Huntington, Inc: C. V. Strickland, 1896)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: HILVERSUM
• Composer: Curtis V. Strickland (1896)
• Meter: 87.87 D
• Key: D♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain