I have a home above

Verse 1

I have a home above
From sin and sorrow free;
A mansion which eternal love
Designed and formed for me.

Verse 2

My Father's gracious hand
Has built this blest abode;
From everlasting it was planned
My dwelling-place with God.

Verse 3

My Saviour's precious blood
Has made my title sure:
He passed through death's dark raging flood
To make my rest secure.

Verse 4

The Comforter is come,
The earnest has been given;
He leads me onward to the home
Reserved for me in heaven.

Verse 5

Loved ones are gone before
Whose pilgrim days are done;
I soon shall greet them on that shore
Where partings are unknown.

Verse 6

But more than all, I long
His glories to behold,
Whose smile fills all the radiant throng
With ecstasy untold.

Verse 7

That bright, yet tender smile,
My sweetest welcome there,
Shall cheer me through the little while
I tarry for Him here.

Verse 8

Thy love, most gracious Lord,
My joy and strength shall be,
Till Thou shalt speak the gladd'ning word
That bids me rise to Thee.

Verse 9

And then, through endless days
Where all Thy glories shine,
In happier, holier strains I'll praise
The grace that made me Thine.