Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Beyond the smiling and the weeping
Topic: The New Life/Aspirations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: Solon Wilder
Meter: PM
Tune: A Little While
Hymn Number: 618
Page Number: 226, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBe-yond the smi-ling and the weep-ing,
I shall be soon;
Be-yond the wak-ing and the sleeping,
Be-yond the sowing and the reaping,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet home, sweet home!
Lord, tar-ry not, but come.
Beyond the blooming and the fading,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the shining and the shading,
Beyond the hoping and the dreading,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home, etc.
Beyond the rising and the setting,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the calming and the fretting,
Beyond the remembering and forgetting,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home, etc.
Beyond the parting and the meeting,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the farewell and the greeting,
Beyond the pulse's fever beating,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home, etc.
Beyond the frost-chain and the fever,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the rock-waste and the river,
Beyond the ever and the never,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home, etc.