A Song of Heaven and Homeland

A Song of Heaven and Homeland

Text written by E. E. Rexford (1848-1916)

Tune composed by Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908)

V. 1 Sometimes I hear strange music,

Like none e'er heard before,

Come floating softly earthward

As thro' heav'n's open door:

It seems like angel voices,

In strains of joy and love,

That swell the mighty chorus

Around the throne above.

Refrain: O sweet, celestial music,

Heard from a land afar--

The song of Heav'n and Homeland,

Thro' doors God leaves ajar!

V. 2 Now soft, and low, and restful,

It floods my soul with peace,

As if God's benediction 

Bade all earth's troubles cease.

Then grander than the voices,

Of wind, and wave, and sea--

It fills the dome of heaven

With glorious harmony.

Refrain

Isaiah 35:10 ...and those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

V. 3 This music haunts me ever,

Like something heard in dreams--

It seems to catch the cadence

Of heav'nly winds and streams.

My heart is filled with rapture,

To think, some day to come,

I'll sing it with the angels--

The song of heav'n and home.