Hymnal: The Minstrel of Zion #98 (1845) First Line: The heavenly home is bright and fair Lyrics: 1 The heavenly home is bright and fair,
Nor death nor sighing visits there;
Its glittering towers the sun outshine--
That heavenly mansion shall be mine,
That heavenly mansion, heavenly mansion,
That heavenly mansion shall be mine.
2 My Father's house is built on high,
Above the arched and starry sky;
When from this earthly prison free
That heavenly mansion mine shall be.
3 While here, a stranger far from home,
Affliction's waves may round me foam;
Although like Laz'rus, sick and poor,
My heavenly mansion is secure.
4 I envy not the rich and great,
Their pomp of wealth and pride of state;
My Father is a richer King--
That heavenly mansion still I sing.
5 Let others seek a home below,
Which flames devour, or waves o'erflow;
Be mine the happier lot to own
A heavenly mansion near the throne.
6 Then, fail this earth, let stars decline,
And sun and moon refuse to shine;
All nature sink, and cease to be,
That heavenly mansion stands for me. Tune Title: THE HEAVENLY MANSION
The heavenly mansion
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