Gathering Home
- Words:
- Miss M. B. Slade
- Music:
- R. M. Mcintosh
Sheet music
- 1Up to the bountiful Giver of life,Gathering home! Gathering home!Up to the dwelling where cometh no strife,The dear ones are gathering home.Gathering home! Gathering home!(Gathering home! Gathering home!)Never to sorrow more, never to roam;Gathering home! Gathering home!(Gathering home! Gathering home!)God’s children are gathering home!
- 2Up to the city where falleth no night,Gathering home! Gathering home!Up where the Savior’s own face is the light,The dear ones are gathering home.Gathering home! Gathering home!(Gathering home! Gathering home!)Never to sorrow more, never to roam;Gathering home! Gathering home!(Gathering home! Gathering home!)God’s children are gathering home!
- 3Up to the beautiful mansions above,Gathering home! Gathering home!Safe in the arms of His infinite love,The dear ones are gathering home.Gathering home! Gathering home!(Gathering home! Gathering home!)Never to sorrow more, never to roam;Gathering home! Gathering home!(Gathering home! Gathering home!)God’s children are gathering home!
In the hymnals
- The words are in 126 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.