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Nearing Home

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 1, 1866

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 27, No. 22.

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Nearing Home.

ONE thought to cheer our hearts within, While waging conflict fierce with sin, Orestes like, with peace shall come, And whisper soft, where'er we roam, "We're nearing home."
Nearing the land of promised rest; Nearing the Saviour, as his guest; Nearing the happy, joyful day, When tears shall all be wiped away; "We're nearing home."
Nearing the time to leave the cross, The transient world with all its dross, The time to lay the armor down, To change it for the starry crown; "We're nearing home."
Nearing our Father's home above, The place of his approving love; Nearing adieu to care and strife; Nearing the crown of eternal life; "We're nearing home."
Let fiercest storms around us beat, Or billows mad dash at our feet, Still, as the promise-bow we trace, We'll trust in God, and through his grace, Be "nearing home."