Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: When we hear the music ringing
Topic: Heaven/Friends There
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: Robert Lowry
Meter: 8s and 7s double
Tune: Shall We Know Each Other Over There
Hymn Number: 737
Page Number: 285, 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?--CHO.
Chorus.--Shall we know each other?
Shall we know each other?
Shall we know each other?
Shall we know each other there?
When the holy angels meet us,
As we go to join their band,
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?--CHO.
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.--CHO.
O ye weary, sad, and toss'd ones,
Droop not, faint not by the way;
Ye shall join the loved and just ones
In the land of perfect day.
Harp-strings touch'd by angel fingers,
Murmur'd in my raptur'd ear--
Evermore their sweet song lingers--
We shall know each other there.--CHO.