First Line: One sweetly solemn thought,

One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o'er and o'er —
I'm nearer home to-day, to-day,
Than e'er I've been before.

Nearer my home, nearer my home,
Nearer my home to-day, to-day,
Than e'er I've been before.

2 Nearer my Father's house,
Where many mansions be ;
Nearer the great white throne to-day.
Nearer the crystal sea.

3 Nearer the bound of life,
Where burdens are laid down ;
Nearer leaving the cross to-day,
Nearer gaining the crown.

4 Be near me when rny feet
Are slipping o'er the brink ;
For I am nearer home to-day,
Nearer now than I think.