William Baxter Heaven Is My Home (1847)

 

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H E A V E N   I S   M Y   H O M E .
BY WILLIAM BAXTER.
"Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven."
I HAVE no resting-place on earth,
    On which to fix my love;
But, O, my heart is yearning for
    The promised rest above.
'Tis true, this earth is passing fair,
    O'er which I sadly roam;
But yet it hath no charms for me,
    For heaven is my home.

A pilgrim long I've wandered here;
    But, with a steadfast eye,
I see a rest reserved for me,
    At God's right hand on high.
Then all the joys of earth in vain
    Shall tempt my feet to roam,
To seek a dwelling-place below,
    Since heaven is my home.

O, were this earth as fair as when
    Primeval Eden smiled,
I would not by its glowing charms
    To dwell here be beguiled;
But I would seek a brighter world,
    Where God has bid me come:
Then seek no more to bind me here,
    For heaven is my home.

 

[The Ladies' Repository 7 (October 1847): 304.]

ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC EDITION

      William Baxter's "Heaven Is My Home" was first published in The Ladies' Repository, and Gatherings of the West: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Literature and Religion, Vol. 7, No. 10, October 1847, p. 304. This volume, edited by B. F. Tefft, was published in Cincinnati by L. Swormstedt and J. T. Mitchell and in New York by G. Lane and C. B. Tippett for the Methodist Episcopal Church.

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA

Created 10 April 2000.
Updated 28 June 2003.

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