Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Dropping down the troubled river
Topic: Present and Future/Life and Death
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: R Lowry
Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune: Homeward
Hymn Number: 714
Page Number: 260, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDropping down the troubled river
To the tranquil, tranquil shore,
Where the sweet light shineth ever,
And the sun goes down no more.
CHO.- Yes, we'll gather at the riv-er
The beautiful, the beautiful riv-er,
Gather with the saints at the riv-er
That flows by the throne of God.
Dropping down the winding river
To the wide and welcome sea.
Where no tempest wrecketh ever,
Where the sky is fair and free.
Dropping down the rapid river,
To the dear and deathless land,
Where the living live forever
At the Father's own right hand.