Home On The Banks Of The River
- Words:
- Austin Taylor
- Music:
- Austin Taylor
Sheet music
- 1There’s a beautiful home beyond the dark river,There’s a mansion by faith I can see;And the Savior is there His faithful to welcome,There’s a beautiful home for me.Home on the banks of the river,(Home, yes, home,)Home where the ransomed ones gather,(Home, sweet home,)Home with the angels forever,(Home for me)On the beautiful banks of the river.
- 2’Tis a beautiful home, and God is its Maker,In a land that no mortal has trod;Soon the angels will come and carry me over,To that beautiful home of God.Home on the banks of the river,(Home, yes, home,)Home where the ransomed ones gather,(Home, sweet home,)Home with the angels forever,(Home for me)On the beautiful banks of the river.
- 3O, that wonderful place to which I am going,It by faith I in rapture behold;Its gates are of pearl, its walls are of jasper,And its beautiful street is gold.Home on the banks of the river,(Home, yes, home,)Home where the ransomed ones gather,(Home, sweet home,)Home with the angels forever,(Home for me)On the beautiful banks of the river.
- 4I have followed the way of life to the river,I can see the glad portals above,I am ready to go and live with my Savior,In the beautiful home of love.Home on the banks of the river,(Home, yes, home,)Home where the ransomed ones gather,(Home, sweet home,)Home with the angels forever,(Home for me)On the beautiful banks of the river.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1913, the words are in 32 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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