1 AN alien from God, and a stranger to grace,
I wandered through earth, its gay pleasures to trace
In the pathway of sin I continued to roam,
Unmindful, alas! that it led me from home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home,
O Savior! direct me to heaven, my home.
2 The pleasures of earth, I have seen fade away,
They bloom for a season, but soon they decay,
But pleasures more lasting, in Jesus are given,
Salvation on earth, and a mansion in heaven.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home,
The saints in those mansions are ever at home.
3 Allure me no longer, ye false glowing charms'
The Savior invites me, I'll go to his arms;
At the banquet of mercy, I hear there is room,
O there may I feast with his children at home!
Home, home, wseet, sweet home,
O Jesus, conduct me to heaven, my home
1 Farewell, vain amusements, my follies, adieu,
While Jesus, and heaven, and glory I view;
I feast on the pleasures that flow from his throne,
The foretaste of heaven, sweet heaven, my home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home,
O when shall I share the fruition of home!
5 The days of my exile are passing away, The time is approaching, when Jesus will say, "Well done, faithful servant, sit down on my throne, And dwell in my presence for ever at home.' Home, home, sweet, sweet home,
O there I shall rest with the Savior at home.
G Affliction, and sorrow, and death shall be o'er,
The saints shall unite to be parted no more;
There loud hallelujahs fill heaven's high dome,
They dwell with the Savior for ever at home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home,
They dwell with the Savior for ever at home.
Long have I tried ter res trial joys,
But here can find no rest; Far from its vani
ty and noise, "ro be with Christ is best."
every transient joy, From every mortal treasure, That
will fade and die; No longer these de
si- ring, Upwards our wish es
To nobler bliss as- piring, And joys that never
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