"That Heavenly Home"
Music & Text: F. White, copyright © 1959 by Stamps-Baxter Music & Printing Co.
(Used by permission from Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.)

"If I ascend to heaven, thou art there!...Psalms 139:8



Audio Sample(midi)

INTRODUCTION

(women) There millions have gone,
(men) its glory to share,
(women) get ready my friend,
(men) to live over there,
(all) in that heavenly home.

VERSE 1
I'm looking away, beyond the dark stream,
to heaven's fair home, of which I oft dream;
There millions have gone, its glory to share,
be ready my friend, to live over there.

CHORUS 1

(women) That heavenly home,
(men) That heavenly home,
(women) lies over death's sea,
(men) lies over death's sea,
(women) there loved ones I know,
(men) there loved ones I know,
(women) are waiting for me.
(men) are waiting for me.
(all) There millions have gone,
its glory to share,
get ready my friend,
to live over there.

VERSE 2
(sopranos) That wonderful home,
(chorus) That wonderful home,
(soprano) will never be sold,
(chorus) will never be sold,
(soprano) we'll ever live there,
(chorus) we'll ever live there,
(soprano) where no one grows old,
(chorus) where no one grows old,
(soprano) the city's bright spires,
(chorus) the city's bright spires,
(soprano) the sun will out-shine,
(chorus) Heavenly sunlight, heavenly sunlight,
(soprano) with all of the saved,
(chorus) with all of the saved,
that home shall be mine, that home shall be mine.

VERSE 3
(women) That heavenly home,
(men) That heavenly home,
(women) has mansions of light,
(men) Heavenly sunlight, heavenly sunlight,
(women) no storm clouds will rise,
(men) no shadows of night,
(women) no shadows of night, no sorrow no pain,
(men) no sorrow no pain,
(women) all sin will be gone,
(men) all sin will be gone,
(women) we'll live with the Lord,
(men) we'll live with the Lord,
(all) while ages roll on, while ages roll on.

CHORUS 2
(men) That heavenly home,
(women) That heavenly home,
(men) will surely be mine,
(women) will surely be mine,
(men) there loved ones I know,
(women) there loved ones I know,
(men) are waiting for me,
(women) are waiting for me,
(all) with Him we'll live with Jesus we'll live in glory oh,
glory, glory, hallelujah, that heavenly home, that heavenly home,
will surely be mine, yes, it surely will be mine!


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