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A
HOME
IN
HEAVEN.
9s
10s
"Shall
sing
for
joy
of
heart."-Isa.
65:14.
Key
of
F
Major
W.
W.
Parks
&
M.
H.
Thomas,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1
A
home
in
Heav-en!
What
a
joy
-
fulthought,
As
thee
poor
man
toils
in
his
wear - y
lot:
His
heart
oppressed,
and
with
2
A
home
in
Heav'n
as
the
suf
-
fer
-
er
lies
On
his
bed
of
pain,
and
up
-
lifts
his
eyes
To
that
bright
home,
what
a
3
A
home
in
Heaven
when
the
faint
heart
bleeds
By
the
Spi
-
rit
stroke
for
its
e
-
vil
deeds;
Oh!
then
what
bliss
in
that
4
A
home
in
Heaven
When
our
friends
are
fled
To
the
cheer - less
gloom
of
the
mould'ring
dead;
We
wait
in
hope
on
the
anguish
driv'n
From
his
home
be-low
to
his
home
in
Heav'n.
In
Heav'n-From
his
home
be-low
to
a
home
in
Heav'n.
joy
is
giv'n,
From
the
blessed
thought
of
his
home
in
Heav'n.
In
Heav'n-From
the
bless-ed
thought
of
his
home
in
Heav'n.
heart
forgiven,
Does
the
hope
in-spire
of
its
home
in
Heav'n.
In
Heav'n-From
the
bless-ed
though
of
a
home
in
Heav'n!
promise
given,
That
we'll
meet
up
there
in
our
home
in
Heav'n.
In
Heav'n!
That
we'll
meet
up
there
in
our
home
in
Heav'r
W.
W.
Parks
and
M.
H.
Thomas
prepared
the
above
for
the
second
appendix
to
The
Sacred
Harp
in
1859.
The
tune
"A
Home
in
Heaven"
appears
in
The
Chris-
tian
Harmony
by
William
Walker,
page
331,
and
also
in
the
Lute
of
Zion,
frequently
mentioned
in
these
pages,
page
317.
We
have
no
information
from
the
com-
posers
or
other
source
as
to
who
was
the
author
of
the
words.
They
have
been
published
with
the
tune
regularly
from
1859
up
to
the
present
time.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson.
1911.