Poems & Selections

Safely Home

I am home in heaven, dear ones;
oh, so happy and so bright!
There is a perfect joy and
beauty in the everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
safely home in heaven at last.
There is work still waiting for you,
so you must not idly stand,
do it now, while life remaineth–
you shall rest in God’s own land.
When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you home;
oh, the rapture of that meeting
oh, the joy to see you come!

May the blessing of light be on you— light without and light within. May the blessed sunlight shine on you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire.
May brooks and trees and singing hills Join in the chorus too. And every gentle wind that blows Send happiness to you.
May you live as long as you want, And never want as long as you live.
May your neighbors respect you, Trouble neglect you, The angels protect you, And heaven accept you.