Scripture Verse

The holy city, new Jerusalem. Revelation 21:2

Introduction

Words: Mil­dred Merle, 1889. Ap­par­ent­ly first pub­lished in the Mu­sic­al Mil­lion (Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia?).

Music: Charles E. Pol­lock (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Merle or Pol­lock (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

It lies be­yond earth’s vi­sion,
Beyond the star­ry sky,
Beyond the ra­di­ant sun­set
We’ll reach it by and by.

Refrain

Our home, sweet home,
Our home, sweet home,
Beyond the star­ry sky;
Our home, sweet home,
Our hap­py home,
We’ll reach it by and by.

’Tis in a gold­en ci­ty
Fair city of the blest,
Within its walls of jas­per
Earth’s wea­ry toil­ers rest.

Refrain

The tree of life is grow­ing
In rich lux­ur­iance there;
The stream of life is flow­ing,
So crys­tal­line and fair.

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Bright crowns of life are waiti­ng
In man­sions far ab­ove,
There gold­en harps are tun­ing
The sweet­est songs of love.

Refrain

There will be ev­ery trea­sure
Our hearts on earth may share;
Then with what bliss­ful plea­sure
Shall we en­joy them there.

Refrain