Love at Home
John Hugh McNaughton (1854) • English
Primary Scripture: John 11:5
Verse 1
There is beauty all around, When there’s love at home; There is joy in every sound, When there’s love at home; Peace and plenty here abide, Smiling sweet on every side, Time doth softly, sweetly glide, When there’s love at home.
Chorus
Love at home, love at home; Time doth softly, sweetly glide, When there’s love at home.
Verse 2
In the cottage there is joy, When there’s love at home; Hate and envy ne’er annoy, When there’s love at home; Roses bloom beneath our feet, All the earth’s a garden sweet, Making life a bliss complete, When there’s love at home.
Chorus 2
Love at home, love at home; Making life a bliss complete, When there’s love at home.
Verse 3
Love becomes a way of life, When there’s love at home; Sweet, insistent end to strife, When there’s love at home; Glad submission each one’s gift, Willing pledge to love and lift, Healing balm for every rift, When there’s love at home.
Chorus 3
Love at home, love at home; Healing balm for every rift, When there’s love at home.
Verse 4
Anger cools and pressures cease, When there’s love at home; Children learn to live in peace, When there’s love at home; Courage to reach out in grace, Meet a stranger face to face, Find a reconciling place, When there’s love at home.
Chorus 4
Love at home, love at home; Find a reconciling place, When there’s love at home.
Verse 5
There’s no question you can’t ask, When there’s love at home; There is strength for any task, When there’s love at home; Sharing joy in work or play, Confidence to face the day, Knowing love will find a way, When there’s love at home.
Chorus 5
Love at home, love at home; Knowing love will find a way, When there’s love at home.
Verse 6
Kindly heaven smiles above, When there’s love at home; All the world is filled with love, When there’s love at home; Sweeter sings the brooklet by, Brighter beams the azure sky; Oh, there’s One who smiles on high When there’s love at home.
Chorus 6
Love at home, love at home; Oh, there’s One who smiles on high When there’s love at home.
Scripture References
Reference 1
- john 11:5
Reference 2
- romans 12:10
Reference 3
- 1-corinthians 13