When We Reach Our Home

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Not a cloud to hide our sky

Author: Harriet E. Jones
Tune: [Not a cloud to hide our sky]
Published in 5 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Not a cloud to hide our sky
When we reach our home;
Never tempest sweeping by
When we reach our home;
Not a wave our bark to toss,
Not a thought of pain or loss,
Crowns of glory after cross
When we reach our home.

Refrain:
When we reach our home,
Restful, happy home,
Over there were the many mansions be,
Bright, eternal home.

2 Never wrong against the right
When we reach our home;
Never sinful hosts to fight
When we reach our home;
With our shining shield and sword
Let us battle for our Lord,
Thinking of the blest reward
When we reach our home. [Refrain]

3 Nevermore a grave appears
When we reach our home;
Wip’d away are sorrow’s tears
When we reach our home;
Not a moan above our dead,
Not a lonely path to tread,
Not a bitter tear to shed
When we reach our home. [Refrain]

4 We will labor, watch and pray
Till we reach our home;
Cling to Christ our hope and stay
Till we reach our home;
All our sorrows meekly bear,
Each with each life’s burdens share,
Thinking of the glory there
When we reach our home. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #124

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Author: Harriet E. Jones

Harriet E. Rice Jones, 1823-1915 Born: April 18, 1823, Pompey Hollow, Onondaga County, New York. Died: 1915, Binghamton, New York. Buried: Oran Community Church Cemetery, Pompey, Onondaga County, New York. Daughter of Eleazer Rice, Jones lived in Onondaga County, New York. Her girlhood was spent on a farm, receiving what education the country schools and one term at high school could provide. She was always fond of reading, and was a great singer, with a clear ringing voice. On July 7, 1844, she married a son of Rev. Zenas Jones; her husband died in 1879. Her song writing career began when her poetry came to the attention of Dr. M. J. Mun… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Not a cloud to hide our sky
Title:	When We Reach Our Home
Author:	Harriet E. Jones
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	When we reach our home
Copyright:	Public Domain