LYRICS
| Meter: | 6 6 6 6 8 8
| Writer(s): | Joseph the Hymnographer & John Mason Neale
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: | 1862
| Bible Refs: | Is 40:2
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 977
| Sarum Hymnal
| 1869
| 259
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 609
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 753
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MUSIC
| Name: | SAFE HOME
| | Meter: | 6 6 6 6 8 8
| Writer(s): | Arthur Seymour Sullivan
| Dates: | © Novello and Company, Limited
|  Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 977
| C
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Alternate Tunes
| AXBRIDGE | 6 6 6 6 8 8 | Arthur Hugh Dalrymple Prendergast | | | 1. Safe home, safe home in port!
Rent cordage, shattered deck,
Torn sails, provisions short,
And only not a wreck;
But oh! the joy upon the shore
To tell our voyage—perils o’er!
2. The prize, the prize secure!
The athlete nearly fell;
Bare all he could endure,
And bare not always well;
But he may smile at troubles gone
Who sets the victor-garland on.
3. No more the foe can harm;
No more of leaguered camp,
And cry of night alarm,
And need of ready lamp;
And yet how nearly he had failed—
How nearly had that foe prevailed!
4. The lamb is in the fold,
In perfect safety penned;
The lion once had hold,
And thought to make an end;
But One came by with wounded side,
And for the sheep the Shepherd died.
5. The exile is at home!
O nights and days of tears,
O longings not to roam,
O sins and doubts and fears;
What matters now grief’s darkest day?
The King has wiped those tears away
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