O House of Many Mansions

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O house of many mansions

Author: E. Norman Gunnison
Tune: [O house of many mansions] (Stebbins)
Published in 15 hymnals

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1 O house of many mansions,
Thy doors are open wide,
And dear are all the faces
Upon the other side.
Thy portals they are golden,
And those who enter in
Shall know no more of sorrow,
Of weariness and sin.

Refrain:
O house of many mansions,
Thy doors are open wide,
And dear are all the faces
Upon the other side.

2 O house of many mansions,
My weary spirit waits
And longs to join the ransom'd
Within thy pearly gates;
Who enter thro' thy portals,
The mansions of the blest;
Who come to thee a weary,
And find in thee their rest. [Refrain]

3 O house of many mansions,
O house not made with hands,
I sigh for thee while waiting
Within these border lands.
I know that but in dying,
The threshold is crossed o'er;
There shall be no more sorrow
In thy for evermore. [Refrain]

Source: Hallowed Hymns, New and Old #75

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Author: E. Norman Gunnison

Born: May 15, 1837, Charlestown, Massachusetts. Gunnison’s poems appeared in Scribner’s Magazine, The Christian at Work, & the Daily Southern Cross. His works include: Our Stars for the Army of the Potomac (Ringwalt & Brown, 1863) One Summer’s Dream: An Idyll of the Vineyard and Other Poems (York, Pennsylvania: Hiram Young, 1875) Toni and Moidl: A Tale of the Border Tyrol Between Austria and Bavaria (San Francisco, California: A. J. Leary, 1884) Windsheim Bells and Other Poems (San Francisco, California: 1884) The Miracle of St. Kümmerniss (San Francisco, California: Commercial Publishing Company, 1887) --www.hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

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