LYRICS
| Meter: | 9 9 8 9 and refrain
| | Writer(s): | Frances (Fanny) Jane Crosby
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1894
| | Bible Refs: | Rev 7:17
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
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| 992
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MUSIC
Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 992
| Bb
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| 1. Steer our bark away
to the homeland,
Spread the sails
of hope o’er the sea;
Think of all the friends that await us,
When anchored safely
there we shall be.
Refrain.
Gathering out of
tears into sunshine,
Gathering out of labor into rest;
Hear the ransomed throng
shouting forth their joy in song,
Gathering to the mansions
of the blest.
2. Steer our bark away
to the homeland,
On without a fear let us go;
When the port of peace
we are nearing,
The blessèd harbor lights
we shall know.
Refrain.
Gathering out of
tears into sunshine,
Gathering out of labor into rest;
Hear the ransomed throng
shouting forth their joy in song,
Gathering to the mansions
of the blest.
3. Bright and fair the hills
of the homeland,
Clad in all the bloom of the spring;
There to Him Who loved
and redeemed us,
Our joyful, joyful praise we will sing.
Refrain.
Gathering out of
tears into sunshine,
Gathering out of labor into rest;
Hear the ransomed throng
shouting forth their joy in song,
Gathering to the mansions
of the blest.
4. Soft the winds that blow
from the homeland,
Sweet the morn
that breaks on the shore;
Soon we’ll meet again
our beloved ones,
Where sorrow’s plaintive moan
comes no more.
Refrain.
Gathering out of
tears into sunshine,
Gathering out of labor into rest;
Hear the ransomed throng
shouting forth their joy in song,
Gathering to the mansions
of the blest.
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