A sacred song from about 1852
Words by Phoebe Cary
Music by R. S. Ambrose
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o’er and o’er
I am nearer home today
Than I’ve ever been before
Nearer my Father’s house
Where the many mansions be
Nearer the great white throne
Nearer the crystal sea
Nearer the bounds of life
Where we lay our burdens down
Nearer leaving the cross
Nearer gaining the crown
But lying darkly between
Winding a-down thro’ the night
Is the silent, unknown stream
That leads at last to the light
Father, be near when my feet
Are slipping o’er the brink
For it may be, I am nearer home
Nearer now, than I think