Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#472

472. A Song of Heaven and Homeland

1 Sometimes I hear strange music,
Like none e’er heard before,
Come floating softly earthward
As thro’ heav’n’s open door:
It seems like angel voices,
In strains of and love,
That swell the mighty chorus
Around the throne above.

Refrain
O sweet, celestial music,
Heard from a land afar-
The song of Heav’n and Homeland,
Thro’ doors God leaves ajar!

2 Now soft, and low, and restful,
It floods my soul with peace,
As if God’s benediction
Bade all earth’s troubles cease.
Then grander than the voices,
Of wind, and wave, and sea-
It fills the dome of heaven
With glorious harmony. [Refrain]

3 This music haunts me ever,
Like something heard in dreams-
It seems to catch the cadence
Of heav’nly winds and streams,
My heart is filled with rapture,
To think, some day to come,
I’ll sing it with the angels-
The song of heav’n and home. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Sometimes I hear strange music
• Title: A Song of Heaven and Homeland
• Author: E. E. Rexford (1848-1916)
• Refrain First Line: O sweet, celestial music, Heard from a land afar-
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.Ref.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Christan Life: Hope and Comfort

Tune Information

• Name: [Sometimes I hear strange music]
• Composer: Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.Ref.
• Incipit: 55671 31114 12335
• Key: F Major or modal