Hymn
Far from my heavenly home
Far from my heav'nly home,
Far from my Father's breast,
Fainting I cry, blest Spirit, come,
And speed me to my rest.
My spirit homeward turns,
And fain would thither flee;
My heart, O Sion, droops and yearns,
When I remember thee.
To thee, to thee I press,
A dark and toilsome road;
When shall I pass the wilderness,
And reach the saints' abode.
God of my life, be near:
On Thee my hopes I cast:
O guide me through the desert here,
And bring me home at last!
Far from my heavenly home — Text from The Church Hymnal, 1920. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/far-from-my-heavenly-home
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Far from my heavenly home?
The words of Far from my heavenly home were written by Henry Francis Lyte; the version here was published in 1920. The library holds 8 more hymns by Henry Francis Lyte, including Abide With Me and Pleasant Are Thy Courts Above.
Is Far from my heavenly home public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Church Hymnal, published in 1920. 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 Far from my heavenly home?
Far from my heavenly home is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord, Seeking God and And Are We Yet Alive.