Hymn
At Home In Heaven
"Forever with the Lord!"
Amen! so let it be!
Life and spirit from above.
'Tis immortality!
Here, in the body pent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home.
My Father's house on high,
Home of my soul, how near,
At times, to faith's foreseeing eye,
Thy golden gates appear!
Ah! then my spirit faints
To reach the land I love,
The bright inheritance of saints,
Jerusalem above!
"Forever with the Lord!"
Father, if 'tis Thy will,
The promise of that faithful word
E'en here to me fulfill.
Be Thou at my right hand,
Then can I never fail;
Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand;
Fight, and I must prevail.
So when my dying breath
Shall rend the veil in twain,
By death I shall escape from death,
And life eternal gain.
Knowing as I am known,
How shall I love that word,
And oft repeat, before the throne,
"Forever with the Lord!"
At Home In Heaven — Text from Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.), 1928. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/at-home-in-heaven
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote At Home In Heaven?
The words of At Home In Heaven were written by James Montgomery; the version here was published in 1928. The library holds 43 more hymns by James Montgomery, including What are these in bright array and Hosanna, Be the Children's Song.
Is At Home In Heaven public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.), published in 1928. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of At Home In Heaven?
At Home In Heaven is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Lord Jesus, Think on Me, The Lord's Day and Come, Sound His Praise.