185. We Have a Home Above

S.M.
by H. Bennett
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We have a home above,
 
From all defilement free:
 
A mansion which eternal love
 
Prepared our rest to be.
“And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.” (Revelation 21:27)
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The Father’s gracious hand
 
Has built that blest abode;
 
From everlasting it was planned,
 
The dwelling-place of God.
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The Savior’s precious blood
 
Has made our title sure;
 
He passed through death’s dark, raging flood,
 
To make our rest secure.
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The Comforter is come,
 
The Earnest has been given;
 
He leads us onward to the home
 
Reserved for us in heaven.
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Thy love, most gracious Lord,
 
Our joy and strength shall be;
 
Till Thou shalt speak the gladdening word
 
That bids us rise to Thee.
“After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter.” (Revelation 4:1)
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
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And then through endless days,
 
Where all Thy glories shine,
 
In happier, holier strains we’ll praise
 
The grace that made us Thine.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8)
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