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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