There is an everlasting home

M. Bridges
M. Mattoni

Slowly

1.
There is an everlasting home
Where contrite souls may hide,
Where death and danger dare not come
The Saviour's side.

2.
It was cleft of matchless love
Open'd when He had died:
When mercy hailed in worlds above
That wounded Side.

3.
Hail, Rock of Ages, pierced for me,
The grave of all my pride;
Hope, peace and heav'n are all in Thee,
Thy shelt'ring Side.

4.
There issued forth a double flood,
The sin atoning tide,
In streams of water and of blood
From that dear Side.

5.
There is the only fount of bliss,
In joy and sorrow tried;
No refuge for the heart like this
A Saviour's Side.

6.
Thither the Church, thro' all her days
Points as a faithful guide;
And celebrates with ceaseless praise
That spear-pierced Side.

7.
There is the golden gate of heav'n,
An entrance for the Bride,
Where the sweet crown of life is giv'n
Through Jesus' Side.

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