The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9026

9026. Thinking Of Home

1 I am thinking today of my friends far away,
Some I never shall see any more;
Until death sets me free, from this body of clay,
And my troubles and trials are o’er.

Refrain:
I am thinking today of that home far away,
And its joys how I long to behold;
There no sorrows can come to that sweet, happy home,
And its pleasures can never be told.

2 Oh, how happy we’ll be when our loved ones we see,
Who have gone on before us to Heav’n;
We shall sing of His love in the mansions above,
Where to us a new song shall be giv’n. [Refrain]

3 There our fathers have gone and are resting at home,
Blessèd Savior is waiting for me;
Yes, our mothers are there in that home bright and fair,
And I hope we shall them again. [Refrain]

4 We have brothers at rest in that home of the blest,
Where no cryings or pains ever come;
There our sisters we’ll see
And at rest ever be, in that beautiful, sweet, happy home. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: I am thinking today of my friends far away
• Title: Thinking Of Home
• Author: T. D. Ard
• Refrain First Line: am thinking today of that home far away
• Meter: 12.9.12.9 D
• Language: English
• Source: The Harp of Glory, by William T. Dale and H. A. R. Horton (Nashville: W. T. Dale, 1911)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternative tune: PALESTINE from "Harmonia Sacra"

Tune Information

• Name: MORELIA
• Composer: John B. Vaughan (1906)
• Meter: 12.9.12.9 D
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain