O Happy Home! O Blest Abode
Author: Mary Ann Morton Walker
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1. O happy home! O blest abode!f 11. O happy home! O blest abode!
2Where Saints communion hold with God 2Where Saints communion hold with God
n 3Without a doubt or fear. n 3Without a doubt or fear,
4When shall I reach thy fertile plains, 4When shall I reach thy fertile plains,
5Ascend the mount where virtue gains 5Ascend the mount where virtue gains
6A more exalted sphere? 6A more exalted sphere?
7A more exalted sphere? 7A more exalted sphere?
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92. In Babylon I loathe to stay; 92. In Babylon I loathe to stay;
10Dire are the evils day by day 10Dire are the evils day by day
11Within her precincts dark. 11Within her precincts dark.
n 12Truth’s brighter rays expose the right; n 12Truth’s brighter rays expose the night;
13Each honest mind receives the light 13Each selfish principle subdue,
14And presses to the mark, 14And presses to the mark,
15And presses to the mark. 15And presses to the mark.
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173. Come, sacred power, exert thy sway, 173. Come, sacred power, exert thy sway,
18To guide in the celestial way, 18To guide in the celestial way,
n 19Tradition to forsake n 19Tradition to forsake,
20My Savior’s footsteps to pursue, 20My Savior’s footsteps to pursue,
n 21Each selfish principle subdue n 21Each selfish principle subdue,
22To righteousness awake, 22To righteousness awake,
23To righteousness awake. 23To righteousness awake.
24 24
254. Let friends or kindred, near and dear, 254. Let friends or kindred, near and dear,
t 26Exert their power nor servile fear t 26Exert their power, nor servile fear
27Shall e’er my spirit bind; 27Shall e’er my spirit bind;
28Though now affections warmer rise 28Though now affections warmer rise
29In souls enlightened from the skies 29In souls enlightened from the skies
30And blest with Jesus’ mind, 30And blest with Jesus’ mind,
31And blest with Jesus’ mind. 31And blest with Jesus’ mind.
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