675b | The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892#676 | 677a |
Text: | One sweetly solemn thought |
Author: | Phoebe Cary |
Tune: | [One sweetly solemn thought] |
Composer: | Wm. H. Walter, Mus. Doc. |
1 One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o'er and o'er;
I am nearer my home today
Than I ever have been before;
2 Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the crystal sea,
Nearer my Father's hose,
Where the "many mansions" be;
3 Nearer the bound of life,
Where we lay our burdens down;
Nearer leaving the cross,
Nearer gaining the crown;
4 But lying darkly between,
Winding down through the night,
Is the deep and unknown stream
To be crossed ere we reach the light.
5 Jesus, perfect my trust,
Strengthen the hand of my faith;
Let me feel Thee near when I stand
On the edge of the shore of death;
6 Feel Thee near when my feet
Are slipping over the brink;
For it may be I'm nearer home,
Nearer now than I think.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | One sweetly solemn thought |
Title: | One sweetly solemn thought |
Author: | Phoebe Cary (1852) |
Meter: | P. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1894 |
Topic: | Home and Personal Use; Hope |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. Tune name in index: CARY |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [One sweetly solemn thought] |
Composer: | Wm. H. Walter, Mus. Doc. |
Meter: | P. M. |
Key: | F Major |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |