1. Happy the home
that welcomes you, Lord Jesus,
Truest of friends,
most honoured guest of all,
Where hearts and eyes
are bright with joy to greet you,
Your lightest wishes eager to fulfil.
2. Happy the home
where man and wife, together
Are of one mind believing in your love;
Through love and pain,
prosperity and hardship,
Through good and evil days
your care they prove.
3. Happy the home,
O loving friend of children,
Where they are giv’n
to you with hands of prayer,
where at your feet
they early learn to listen
To your own words,
and thank you for your care.
4. Happy the home where work
is done to please you,
In tasks both great and small,
that you may see
Your servants doing all
as you would wish them
As members of your household,
glad and free.
5. Happy the home that knows
your healing comfort,
Where, unforgotten,
every joy you share,
Until they all,
their work on earth completed,
Come to you Father’s house
to meet you there.