Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: When we hear the music ringing
Topic: Heaven
Writer: Robert Lowry
Composer:
Tune:
Hymn Number: 701
Page Number: 296, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHEN we hear the music ringing
In the bright celestial dome,
When sweet angel voices, singing,
Gladly bid us welcome home
To the land of ancient story,
Where the spirit knows no care,
In that land of light and glory,
Shall we know each other there?
When the holy angels meet us,
As we go to join their land,
Shall we know the friends that greet us
In the glorious spirit-land?
Shall we see the same eyes shining
On us as in days of yore?
Shall we feel their dear arms twining
Fondly round us as before?
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 'tis 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.