[OME Eternal, Home Divine,
Home of fadeless splendour,
Where the blessed evermore
Ceaseless worship render;
Thine the joy with which to-day
Grateful hearts are swelling,
Thine the praises which our lips
Thankfully are telling.
Home, whose gates both day and night
Open stand in blessing ;
While the ransomed to thy courts
Evermore are pressing :
Would our Home might ever grow
In thy likeness holy,
Filled with souls most dear to GOD,
Zealous, pure, and lowly.
Father of the fatherless,
May these walls for ever
Speak to orphaned hearts of love
Which can fail them never :
JESUS! may the tender care,
These young lives enclosing,
Draw them to Thy sheltering Arm,
There in faith reposing.
Holy Ghost, Celestial Dove,
Thy blest wings extending,
'Neath Thy shadow let us find
Rest and joy unending;
May we with unwearied feet
Heavenwards aye be speeding,
On the fruit of righteousness
With deep rapture feeding.
Shine in every heart to-day,
Light of lights supernal! Reign triumphantly within, Kings of kings Eternal!
Praise our GOD, both small and great, Alleluias singing;
To the Eternal Marriage-Feast Sheaves of glory bringing. Amen.