Bible Songs — Reward of Saints

Home of the Soul

I will sing you a song of that beautiful land,

No. 1357
Tune HOME OF THE SOUL.
Words Mrs. Ellen H. Gates.
Music Philip Phillips, by per.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 3/4
4 stanzas

Words

I will sing you a song of that beautiful land,The far away home of the soul,Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand,While the years of eternity roll,While the years of eternity roll;Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand,While the years of eternity roll.

O, that home of the soul! in my visions and dreamsIts bright, jasper walls I can see,Till I fancy but thinly the vail intervenesBetween the fair city and me,Between the fair city and me;Till I fancy but thinly the vail intervenesBetween the fair city and me.

That unchangeable home is for you and for me,Where Jesus of Nazareth stands;The King of all kingdoms forever, is he,And he holdeth our crowns in his hands,And he holdeth our crowns in his hands;The King of all kingdoms forever, is he,And he holdeth our crowns in his hands,

O, how sweet it will be in that beautiful land;So free from all sorrow and pain;With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands,To meet one another again!To meet one another again!With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands,To meet one another again!

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1357» (large, left), title «HOME OF THE SOUL.» centred (condensed capitals and small capitals, «Home of the Soul.»); under it, centred, the epigraph from Rev. 21:1-3 in five lines of small roman, with «coming down from God» in italics (old-style figures «21 : 1–3»; in this copy ink smears lie over «men,», «and be» and «God."—Rev.» — the printed words are given; see uncertainties.md); on the next line «MRS. ELLEN H. GATES.» at the left (the words) and «PHILIP PHILLIPS, by per.» at the right (the music). No meter, no tune name other than the title, no reference line, no copyright line. All four stanzas are interlinear, numbered «1.»–«4.», between the staves of all four systems; each printed line carries two verse lines, given here one verse line per line. The second half of each stanza prints its lines 3–4 again (system 3: line 4 twice; system 4: lines 3 and 4): given here as printed, seven lines per stanza. Words printed unbroken under two notes («areth», «ever», «glittering», «eter», «tervenes», «kingdoms forev», «holdeth») and words set close for want of room («Thatun-change», «WhereJe-sus», «Whilethe years») are given as ordinary words. Stanza 3 ends with a comma in the print («hands,»; see uncertainties.md). The print sets a thin space before «;», «!» and «:» («land ;», «soul !», «earth :»); it is closed up here; curly quotes and apostrophes are written straight. Spelling («vail», «holdeth») and punctuation are the print's.