How Far From Home?
- Words:
- Annie R. Smith
- Music:
- Arranged
Sheet music
- 1How far from home? I asked, as onI bent my steps– the watchman spake:“The long, dark night is almost gone,The morning soon will break.Then weep no more, but speed thy flight,With Hope’s bright star thy guiding ray,Till thou shalt reach the realms of light,In everlasting day.”
- 2I asked the warrior on the field:This was his soul-inspiring song:“With courage bold, the sword I’ll wield,The battle is not long.Then weep no more, but well endureThe conflict, till thy work is done;For this we know, the prize is sure,When victory is won.”
- 3I asked again; earth, sea, and sunSeem’d with one voice to make reply:“Time’s wasting sands are nearly run,Eternity is nigh.Then weep no more– with warning tonesPortentous signs are thick’ning round,The whole creation, waiting, groans,To hear the trumpet sound.”
- 4Not far from home! O blessed tho’t!The trav’ler’s lonely heart to cheer;Which oft a healing balm has bro’t,And dried the mourner’s tear.Then weep no more, since we shall meetWhere weary footsteps never roam–Our trials past, our joys complete,Safe in our Father’s home.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1853, the words are in 10 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.