One sweetly solemn thought (Robert S Ambrose)

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• (Posted 2023-02-21)  CPDL #72773:   

Editor: Douglas Walczak (submitted 2023-02-21).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 79 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Arranged by O. B. Brown (information unknown)

General Information

Title: One sweetly solemn thought
Composer: Robert S Ambrose
Lyricist: Phoebe Carey
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

First published: 1894
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Original text and translations

English text

One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me o’er and o’er;
Nearer my home today am I
Than e’er I’ve been before.

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

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

But lying darkly between,
Winding a-down thro' the night,
Is the silent unknown stream
That leads at last to the light.

Father be near when my feet
Are slipping o'er the brink,
For it may be I am nearer home,
Nearer now than I think.