Christ in Song 244
My Sabbath Home
Words: W. C. E. BunnellMusic: W. H. Doane
1Sweet Sab-bath School! once dear to me, Than fair-est pal-ace dome, My heart e'er turns with
Here first my will-ing heart, the way of life was shown; Here first I sought the
Here Je-sus stood with me, The voice, Oh! treat-ed me; And now my cho-sen
RefrainJoy to thee, My dear Sab-bath home, Sab-bath home! bless-ed home! Sab-bath
home! sweet home!
Joy to thee, In that dear Sab-bath home.
Sweet home! sweet home!
My heart e'er turns with joy to thee, My dear Sab-bath home!
2The peace that once I felt there, Will nev-er be for-got-ten;
The glow-ing love that filled my heart, The joy that made it bright-en;
The words of truth that touched my soul, The songs of praise a-scend-ing.
3My teach-er's voice I hear a-gain, So gen-tle and so kind;
The les-sons that she used to teach, Come fresh-ly to my mind;
The pray-ers she breathed for me, The coun-sel true and ten-der.
4Though years have passed since then a-way, And I am far from home;
Yet still I love that sa-cred place, Where first I learned to pray;
And when life's toils and cares are o'er, And I shall go to rest.
- Words
- W. C. E. Bunnell
- Music
- W. H. Doane
Copyright 1900 by W. H. Doane. Used by permission.
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- 19.17.17
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