Hymn

Home of the Soul

I will sing you a song of that beautiful land,

The far away home of the soul,

Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand,

While the years of eternity roll,

While the years of eternity roll;

Where no storms ever beat on the glittering strand,

While the years of eternity roll.

O, that home of the soul! in my visions and dreams

Its bright, jasper walls I can see,

Till I fancy but thinly the vail intervenes

Between the fair city and me,

Between the fair city and me;

Till I fancy but thinly the vail intervenes

Between the fair city and me.

That unchangeable home is for you and for me,

Where Jesus of Nazareth stand;

The King of all kingdoms forever, is he,

And He holdeth our crowns in His hands,

And He holdeth our crowns in His hands;

The King of all kingdoms forever, is He,

And He holdeth our crowns in His hands.

O, how sweet it will be in that beautiful land,

So free from all sorrow and pain;

With song on our lips and with harps in our hands,

To meet one another again!

To meet one another again!

With songs on our lips and with harps in our hands,

To meet one another again.

Home of the Soul — Text from Christ in Song, 1908. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/home-of-the-soul

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Questions about this hymn

Who wrote Home of the Soul?

The words of Home of the Soul were written by Ellen M. H. Gates; the version here was published in 1908. The library also holds Your Mission, another hymn by Ellen M. H. Gates.

Is Home of the Soul public domain?

Yes. The words here are taken from Christ in Song, published in 1908. 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.