Pilot Hymns ‎#285

285. Nearer Home

1 O'er the hill 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 dark’ning shades will come,
Still 'tis sweet to know at evening,
We are one day nearer home.
Still 'tis sweet to know at evening,
We are one day nearer home.

Chorus:
Nearer home, nearer home,
Oh, ‘tis always sweet to know
We are one day nearer home,
Nearer home; nearer home,
Oh, ‘tis always sweet to know at even,
We are one day nearer home.

2 One day nearer, sings the sailor,
As he glides the waters o'er,
While the light is softly dying,
On his distant native shore,
Thus the Christian, on life's ocean,
As his lightboat cuts the foam,
In the evening cries with rapture,
I am one day nearer home.
In the evening cries with rapture,
I am one day nearer home. [Chorus]

3 Nearer home, yes, one day nearer,
To our home beyond the sky,
To the green fields and the fountains,
In our Father’s home on high,
For the heav’ns are growing brighter,
And the lamps hang in the dome,
And our hearts are growing lighter,
For we're one day nearer home. [Chorus]

Coda:
Father, be near when my feet
Are slipping o’er the brink,
For it may be I am nearer home,
Nearer now than I think.

Text Information

• First Line: O'er the hill the sun is setting
• Title: Nearer Home
• Author: Alice Cary
• Refrain First Line: Nearer home, nearer home
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1934

Tune Information

• Name: [O'er the hill the sun is setting]
• Composer: B. B. McKinney
• Copyright: Copyright, 1933 by Robert H. Coleman