HAPPY THE HOME WHEN GOD IS THERE
"As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15
Words: Henry Ware, Jr., published
posthumously in 1846.
Music: "St. Agnes," John Bacchus Dykes, 1866.
Happy the home when God is there,
And love fills every breast;
When one their wish, and one their prayer,
And one their heavenly rest.
Happy the home where Jesus' Name
Is sweet to every ear;
Where children early speak His fame,
And parents hold Him dear.
Happy the home where prayer is heard,
And praise each day does rise;
Where parents love the sacred Word
And all its wisdom prize.
Lord, let us in our homes agree
This blessèd peace to gain;
Unite our hearts in love to Thee,
And love to all will reign.