The Voice of Praise ‎#937

937. My Father's house on high

1 My Father's house on high,
Home of my soul, how near
At times to Faith's illumined eye
Thy golden gates appear!

2 My thirsty spirit faints
To reach the land I love,
The bright inheritance of saints,--
Jerusalem above.

3 Yet clouds will intervene,
And all my prospect flies;
Like Noah's dove, I flit between
Rough seas and stormy skies.

4 Anon the clouds depart,
The winds and waters cease,
While sweetly o'er my gladdened heart
Expands the bow of peace.

Text Information

• First Line: My Father's house on high
• Author: Montgomery
• Meter: S. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Topic: Heaven; Heavenly Aspirations
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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