{"id":9082,"date":"2025-12-14T10:16:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/hymn-472-a-song-of-heaven-and-homeland-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:16:27","slug":"hymn-472-a-song-of-heaven-and-homeland-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal\/hymn-472-a-song-of-heaven-and-homeland-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 472 A SONG OF HEAVEN AND HOMELAND Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal<\/h2>\n<h2>Hymn 472 A SONG OF HEAVEN AND HOMELAND Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\nSometimes I hear strange music,<br \/>\nLike none e&#8217;er heard before,<br \/>\nCome floating softly earthward<br \/>\nAs thro&#8217; heav&#8217;n&#8217;s open door:<br \/>\nIt seems like angel voices,<br \/>\nIn strains of joy and love,<br \/>\nThat swell the mighty chorus<br \/>\nAround the throne above.<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS:<br \/>\nO sweet, celestial music,<br \/>\nHeard from a land afar<br \/>\nThe song of Heav&#8217;n and Homeland,<br \/>\nThro&#8217; doors God leaves ajar!<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\nNow soft, and low, and restful,<br \/>\nIt floods my soul with peace,<br \/>\nAs if God&#8217;s benediction<br \/>\nBade all earth&#8217;s troubles cease.<br \/>\nThen grander than the voices,<br \/>\nOf wind, and wave, and sea<br \/>\nIt fills the dome of heaven<br \/>\nWith glorious harmony.<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\nThis music haunts me ever,<br \/>\nLike something heard in dreams<br \/>\nIt seems to catch the cadence<br \/>\nOf heav&#8217;nly winds and streams,<br \/>\nMy heart is filled with rapture,<br \/>\nTo think, some day to come,<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll sing it with the angels<br \/>\nThe song of heav&#8217;n and home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn 472 A SONG OF HEAVEN AND HOMELAND Lyrics &nbsp; 1 Sometimes I hear strange music, Like none e&#8217;er heard before, Come floating softly earthward As thro&#8217; heav&#8217;n&#8217;s open door: It seems like angel voices, In strains of joy and love, That swell the mighty chorus Around the throne [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}