Nearer My Home.
ONE sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o'er and o'er:
I'm nearer my home to-day
Than ever I've been before.
Nearer my Father's house,
Where the "many mansions" be;
Nearer the great white throne,
Nearer the jasper sea.
Nearer that bound of life,
Where we lay our burdens down;
Nearer leaving my cross,
Nearer wearing my crown.
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