Gospel Praise Book. ‎#20

20. One Day Nearer Home

1 O’er the hills the sun is setting,
And the eve is drawing on;
Slowly drops the gentle twilight,
For another day is gone.
Gone for aye—its race is over;
Soon the darker shades will come;
Still ‘tis sweet to know at evening
That we’re one day nearer home.

Chorus:
Nearer, nearer,
One day nearer home;
Nearer, nearer,
One day nearer home.

2 Worn and weary, oft the pilgrim
Hails the setting of the sun,
For the goal is one day nearer,
And his journey nearly done;
Thus we feel when o’er the life’s desert
Heart and sandal-sore we roam;
As the twilight gathers o’er us,
We are one day nearer home. [Chorus]

3 Nearer home! yes, one day nearer
To our Father’s house on high,
To the green fields and the fountains
Of the land beyond the sky;
For the heavens grow brighter o’er us,
And the lamps hand in the dome,
And our tents are pitched still closer,
For we’re one day nearer home. [Chorus]

4 “One day nearer,” sings the mar’ner,
As he glides the water o’er,
While the light is softly dying
On his distant native shore;
Thus the Christian on life’s ocean,
As his life-boat cuts the foam,
In the evening cries with rapture,
“I am one day nearer home.” [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: O'er the hills the sun is setting
• Title: One Day Nearer Home
• Refrain First Line: Nearer, nearer
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1885
• Topic: Close of Worship; Growth in Grace; Christian Experience; Heaven

Tune Information

• Name: [O'er the hills the sun is setting]
• Composer: Asa Hull
• Source: From "S. S. Gem"