Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Beyond the smiling and the weeping
Topic: Confidence
Writer: Horatius Bonar
Composer: Solon Wilder
Meter: PM
Tune: A Little While
Hymn Number: 586
Page Number: 212, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBEYOND the smiling and the weeping,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the waking and the sleeping,
Beyond the sowing and the reaping,
I shall be soon.
Refrain.--Love, rest, and home,
Sweet home, sweet home!
Lord, tarry 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.
Beyond the rising and the setting,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the calming and the fretting,
Beyond rememb'ring and forgetting,
I shall be soon.
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.
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.