LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) and refrain
| | Writer(s): | Charles J. Butler
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| | Dates: | 1898
| | Bible Refs: | Lk 9:33
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MUSIC
| Name: | WHERE JESUS IS TIS HEAVEN
| | Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) and refrain
| | Writer(s): | James Milton Black
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| 1. Since Christ my soul
from sin set free,
This world has been a Heav’n to me;
And ’mid earth’s sorrows and its woe,
’Tis Heav’n my Jesus here to know.
Refrain.
O hallelujah, yes, ’tis Heav’n,
’Tis Heav’n to know my sins forgiv’n,
On land or sea, what matters where?
Where Jesus is, ’tis Heaven there.
2. Once Heaven seemed
a far off place,
Till Jesus showed His smiling face;
Now it’s begun within my soul,
’Twill last while endless ages roll.
Refrain.
O hallelujah, yes, ’tis Heav’n,
’Tis Heav’n to know my sins forgiv’n,
On land or sea, what matters where?
Where Jesus is, ’tis Heaven there.
3. What matters where
on earth we dwell?
On mountain top, or in the dell,
In cottage, or a mansion fair,
Where Jesus is, ’tis Heaven there.
Refrain.
O hallelujah, yes, ’tis Heav’n,
’Tis Heav’n to know my sins forgiv’n,
On land or sea, what matters where?
Where Jesus is, ’tis Heaven there.
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