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My Father's house on high, home of my soul, how near

Author: James Montgomery
Published in 47 hymnals

Representative Text

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

2 Ah, then my 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.

Amen.

Source: American Lutheran Hymnal #310

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Author: James Montgomery

James Montgomery (b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1771; d. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1854), the son of Moravian parents who died on a West Indies mission field while he was in boarding school, Montgomery inherited a strong religious bent, a passion for missions, and an independent mind. He was editor of the Sheffield Iris (1796-1827), a newspaper that sometimes espoused radical causes. Montgomery was imprisoned briefly when he printed a song that celebrated the fall of the Bastille and again when he described a riot in Sheffield that reflected unfavorably on a military commander. He also protested against slavery, the lot of boy chimney sweeps, and lotteries. Associated with Christians of various persuasions, Montgomery supported missio… Go to person page >

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First Line:	My Father's house on high, home of my soul, how near
Title:	My Father's House
Author:	James Montgomery
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Tune

STATE STREET

SIENNA

TENDERNESS (Hamilton)

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Page Scans

American Lutheran Hymnal (1930), p.469

Instances

Instances (1 - 47 of 47)

A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #345

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for ... Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d222

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of the Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d224

American Lutheran Hymnal #310

Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #582

Church Melodies #352

Conference Hymns. a new collection of hymns, designed especially for use in conference and prayer meetings, and family worship. #295

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal #465

Evangelical Lutheran hymnal #465

Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal. 9th ed. #a465

Gospel Hymns #d337

Hymnal Amore Dei #97

Hymnal, Amore Dei #97

Hymnal, Amore Dei. Rev. ed. #a97

Hymns and Chants #184

Hymns for Public Worship #506

Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d184

Hymns of the Church, Ancient and Modern #405

Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion #141b

Plymouth Collection #a1146

Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #1146

Sacred Melodies #d166

Selah #145a

Sharon's Dewy Rose #51

Songs for Social and Public Worship #591

Songs for Social and Public Worship. Rev. ed. #d265

Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #89

The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #1146

The Choral #d131

The Church Hymn Book #d333

The Evangelist's Songs of Praise #d81

The Evangelists' Songs of Praise No. 2 #114

The Hymnal of the Reformed Church in the United States #d401

The Iris #13

The Mother's Hymn Book. (Third stereotyped ed. Rev. and enl.) #22

The New York Choralist #140

The Praise #d159

The Psalmist #1159

The Psalmist #1159

The Psalmody #1164

The Reformed Church Hymnal #609

The Sacred Lyre #432

The Southern Psalmist #d522

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d545

The Temple of Song #d31

The Victory #d229

The Voice of Praise #937

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