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Hymns for Second Advent Believers 9

This World is Not My Home

1FAREWELL! farewell! to all below,
My Jesus calls and I must go:
I'll launch my boat upon the sea,
This land is not the land for me.
This world is not. my home;
This world is not my home;
This world is all a wilderness;
This world is not my home.

RefrainThis world is not my home;
This world is not my home;
This world is all a wilderness;
This world is not my home.

2I found the winding path of sin
A rugged path to travel in;
Beyond this fading world I see
The land the Saviour bought for me.
This world is not my home, &c.

3Farewell! my friends! I'll not stay here–
The home I seek will soon appear;
Where Christ is not I cannot be;
This land is not the land for me.
This world is not my home, &c.

4Praise be to God, our hope's on high;
The angels sing and so do I:
Where seraphs bow and bend the knee,
O that's the land–the land for me.
This world is not my home, &c.

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The verse

Meter: 8.8.8.8.6.6.8.6
Foot: iambic (da-DUM) · 60% of beats fit
Rhyme: AABBB

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Verse 1

FAREWELL! farewell! to all below,////˘/˘/8A

My Jesus calls and I must go:˘/˘/˘˘//8A

I'll launch my boat upon the sea,//˘/˘/˘/8B

This land is not the land for me.˘/˘˘˘/˘˘8B

This world is not. my home;˘/˘˘˘/6C

This world is not my home;˘/˘˘˘/6C

This world is all a wilderness;˘/˘/˘/˘˘8D

This world is not my home.˘/˘˘˘/6C

Verse 2

I found the winding path of sin˘/˘/˘/˘/8A

A rugged path to travel in;˘/˘/˘/˘˘8A

Beyond this fading world I see˘/˘/˘/˘/8B

The land the Saviour bought for me.˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘9B

This world is not my home, &c.˘/˘˘˘//7B

Verse 3

Farewell! my friends! I'll not stay here–//˘//˘//8A

The home I seek will soon appear;˘/˘/˘/˘/8A

Where Christ is not I cannot be;//˘˘˘/˘˘8B

This land is not the land for me.˘/˘˘˘/˘˘8B

This world is not my home, &c.˘/˘˘˘//7B

Verse 4

Praise be to God, our hope's on high;/˘˘//˘/˘/9A

The angels sing and so do I:˘/˘/˘˘˘˘8A

Where seraphs bow and bend the knee,/??/˘/˘/8B

O that's the land–the land for me.˘/˘/˘/˘˘8B

This world is not my home, &c.˘/˘˘˘//7B

Refrain

This world is not my home;˘/˘˘˘/6A

This world is not my home;˘/˘˘˘/6A

This world is all a wilderness;˘/˘/˘/˘˘8B

This world is not my home.˘/˘˘˘/6A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.