Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: When we hear the music ringing
Topic: Present and Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: R Lowry
Meter: 8s and 7s with chorus
Tune: Shall We Know Each Other
Hymn Number: 774
Page Number: 288, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen we hear the mu-sic ring-ing
In the bright ce-les-tial dome,
When sweet an-gel voic-es, sing-ing
Glad-ly bid us wel-come home
To the land of an-cient sto-ry,
Where the spir-it knows no care;
In that land of light and glo-ry,
Shall we know each oth-er there?
CHO.- Shall we know each oth-er?
Shall we know each oth-er?
Shall we know each oth-er?
Shall we know each other there?
When the ho-ly an-gels meet us,
As we go to join their band,
Shall we know the friends that greet us
In the glo-rious spir-it land?
Shall we see the same eyes shin-ing
On us as in days of yore?
Shall we feel their dear arms twining
Fondly round us as be-fore?
Yes, my earth-worn soul rejoices,
And my weary heart grows light,
For the sweet and cheerful voices,
And the forms so pure and bright,
That shall welcome us in heaven,
Are the loved of long ago;
And to them 't is kindly given,
Thus their mortal friends to know.
O ye weary, sad, and tossed ones,
Droop not, faint not by the way;
Ye shall join the loved and just ones
In the land of perfect day.
Harp-strings, touched by angel fingers,
Murmured in my raptured ear-
Evermore their sweet song lingers-
We shall know each other there.