Chorus:
No more does he walk the paths of men,
He’s gone on to a better reward;
No more will he know the sting of sin:
For now he is at home with the Lord.

1
So patiently how he worked with me,
Teaching me what he thought I should know;
But time and toil set his spirit free,
Oh, how I hated to see him go.
Chorus:
No more does he walk the paths of men,
He’s gone on to a better reward;
No more will he know the sting of sin:
For now he is at home with the Lord.

2
The hours I passed just being there…
And, oh, the stories he loved to tell;
There’s no other like him anywhere,
Now he’s with Him who does “all things well.”
Chorus:
No more does he walk the paths of men,
He’s gone on to a better reward;
No more will he know the sting of sin:
For now he is at home with the Lord.

3
I still see him in my memory,
Those times long gone to me are so dear;
I hope someday I shall with him be
When the Lord draws His faithful ones near.
Chorus:
No more does he walk the paths of men,
He’s gone on to a better reward;
No more will he know the sting of sin:
For now he is at home with the Lord.

4
What wouldn’t I give to go once more?
And spend a little time with my friend…
But I must wait ‘til I reach that shore,
Then with him my time will never end.
Chorus:
No more does he walk the paths of men,
He’s gone on to a better reward;
No more will he know the sting of sin:
For now he is at home with the Lord.

5
Though he was many years my senior,
Still I counted him as a close friend;
It breaks my heart that he is not here,
Like all good things his life had to end.
Chorus:
No more does he walk the paths of men,
He’s gone on to a better reward;
No more will he know the sting of sin:
For now he is at home with the Lord.

6
I hope he knew what he meant to me,
That he had my respect and my love;
If here those things my friend did not see,
I’ll show him in that land up above.
Chorus:
No more does he walk the paths of men,
He’s gone on to a better reward;
No more will he know the sting of sin:
For now he is at home with the Lord.

H. L. Gradowith

02-07-2002

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