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44. The Road Leads Home

1 O pilgrim, as you journey,
Do you ever gladly say,
In spite of heavy weather
And the roughness of the way,
That it really does not matter,
All the strange and bitter stress,-
Heat and cold, and toil and sorrow,-
Will be healed with blessedness!

Refrain:
For the road leads home,
Sweet, sweet home!
O who would mind the journey
When the road leads home?
O who would mind the journey
When the road leads home?

2 O safe and blessed shelter,
Heav'nly mansions of content!
There are the holy kindred
From our hearthstones early rent;
And our precious, loving Saviour,
Who our sins on Calv'ry bore -
Who would ever mind the journey,
With such blessedness in store? [Refrain]

3 There's comfort on the journey,
There is also guide and chart;
There's wisdom for the asking,
And there's solace for the heart;
And there is no need of turning
To the left or to the right,
And no fear need stir the bosom
At the coming of the night. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O pilgrim, as you journey
• Title: The Road Leads Home
• Arranger: James M. Gray
• Refrain First Line: For the road leads home
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1943
• Copyright: © 1933, renewal. Hope Publishing Co, owner
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [O pilgrim, as you journey]
• Composer: D. B. Towner
• Copyright: © 1933, renewal. Hope Publishing Co, owner
• Notes: Now Public Domain