One Day Nearer Home

Verse 1

O'er the hill the sun is setting, And the eve is drawing on, Slowly drops the gentle twilight, For another day is gone, Gone for aye, its race is over, Soon the dark’ning shades will come, Still 'tis sweet to know at evening, We are one day nearer home. Still 'tis sweet to know at evening, We are one day nearer home.

Chorus

Nearer home, nearer home, Oh, ‘tis always sweet to know We are one day nearer home, Nearer home; nearer home, Oh, ‘tis always sweet to know at even, We are one day nearer home.

Verse 2

One day nearer, sings the sailor, As he glides the waters o'er, While the light is softly dying, On his distant native shore, Thus the Christian, on life's ocean, As his lightboat cuts the foam, In the evening cries with rapture, I am one day nearer home. In the evening cries with rapture, I am one day nearer home.

Verse 3

Nearer home, yes, one day nearer, To our home beyond the sky, To the green fields and the fountains, In our Father’s home on high, For the heav’ns are growing brighter, And the lamps hang in the dome, And our hearts are growing lighter, For we're one day nearer home.

Bridge

Father, be near when my feet Are slipping o’er the brink, For it may be I am nearer home, Nearer now than I think.