p. 1 | Nearing Home

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jul 22, 1875

Nearing Home.

"Nearing home!" how sweet the message Falls upon the Christian's ear; How the weary heart rejoices, As "redemption draweth near."

"Nearing home!" yes, we are nearing Eden's ever blooming shore, Where the weary, storm-tossed pilgrim Soon shall rest, forevermore.

Nearing fast the golden city And the beauteous crystal sea; Nearing, too, the gushing fountain, And the fruit of life's fair tree.

Yes! the land is surely nearing, Home is almost reached at last; Let us then be nothing fearing, Soon our sorrows will be past.

Earthly friends may try to charm us, Gold may glitter in our sight; But a fairer world's before us, In God's everlasting light.

Oh! I love the coming kingdom, And the King that soon will reign; And I wish to be a subject, In a country free from pain.

Day by day my path grows brighter, Glory beams almost in sight; My poor heart grows each day lighter, As I near the portal bright.

Thanks to thee, O loving Saviour, For the peace that reigns within; Keep, oh, keep me by thy favor, Pure, and spotless, free from sin. —Sel.