Hymn
O Happy Home
O happy home, where Thou art loved the dearest,
Thou loving Friend and Savior of our race,
And where among the guests there never cometh
One who can hold such high and honored place!
O happy home, where two in heart united
In holy faith, and blessed hope, are one,
Whom death a little while alone divideth,
And cannot end the union here begun!
O happy home, whose little ones are given
Early to Thee, in humble faith and prayer,
To Thee, their friend, who from the heights of heaven
Guides them, and guards with more than mother's care!
O happy home, where each one serves Thee, lowly,
Whatever his appointed work may be,
Till every common task seems great and holy,
When it is done, O Lord, as unto Thee!
O Happy Home — Text from Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.), 1928. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/o-happy-home
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote O Happy Home?
The words of O Happy Home are credited to Karl Johann Philipp Spitta and Sarah B. Findlater; the version here was published in 1928.
Is O Happy Home 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 O Happy Home?
O Happy Home is in 11.10.11.10. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Love Is of God, Still, Still with Thee and Ancient of Days, Who Sittest, Throned in Glory.