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Iwe Orin Mimo

Hymn 19

One sweetly solemn thought

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English Yorùbá
Meter P.M (Irregular) Orin Ale
  1. One sweetly solemn thought
    Comes to me o'er and o'er;
    I am nearer home today
    Than I ever have been before.

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

  3. Nearer the bound of life
    Where we lay our burdens down;
    Nearer leaving the cross,
    Nearer gaining the crown.

  4. But the waves of that silent sea
    Roll dark upon my sight,
    Which brightly the other side
    Break on a shore of light

  5. Father, perfect my trust!
    Strengthen the grasp of my faith!
    Let me feel Thee near when I stand
    Alone on the shore of death.

  6. Feel Thee near when my feet
    Are slipping over the brink;
    For it may be I'm nearer home,
    Nearer now than I think. Amen.