Aka, Just Over The Mountains
Words and Music by John R. Sweney
Arranged by C.P. Whitford
SDA Church Hymnal (1941) Hymn #642
Capo 1 (optional)
[Verse 1]
Just over the mountains in the Promised Land,
Lies the holy city built by Godâs own hand;
As our weary footsteps gain the mountainâs crest,
We can view our homeland of eternal rest.
[Refrain]
We are nearing home! We are nearing home!
See the splendor gleaming from the domes afar!
See the glory streaming from the âgates ajarâ
There we soon will enter, nevermore to roam,
Hear the angels singing! We are nearing home!
We are nearing home!
[Verse 2]
In the rolls of the prophets we have long been told
Of that wondrous city with its streets of gold;
Now with raptured vision we can see it there,
With its walls of jasper and its mansions fair.
[Refrain]
We are nearing home! We are nearing home!
See the splendor gleaming from the domes afar!
See the glory streaming from the âgates ajarâ
There we soon will enter, nevermore to roam,
Hear the angels singing! We are nearing home!
We are nearing home!
[Verse 3]
Those who enter that city are the faithful few
Who keep God s commandments-faith of Je-sus, too;
There we ll lift our voices through the endless days,
In sweet songs of gladness and in psalms of praise.
[Refrain]
We are nearing home! We are nearing home!
See the splendor gleaming from the domes afar!
See the glory streaming from the âgates ajarâ
There we soon will enter, nevermore to roam,
Hear the angels singing! We are nearing home!
We are nearing home!
[Verse 4]
My brother, my sister, will you meet us there,
In that land of sunshine where there ll be no care?
Accept of God s message, and to Him be true;
Then when Jesus cometh He will call for you.
[Refrain]
We are nearing home! We are nearing home!
See the splendor gleaming from the domes afar!
See the glory streaming from the âgates ajarâ
There we soon will enter, nevermore to roam,
Hear the angels singing! We are nearing home!
We are nearing home!
