Ye shall be gathered one by one.
Isaiah 27:12
Words: W. N. Cook, in Golden Songs of Glory, edited by James Vaughan, George W. Bacon, Flavil Hall, Alfred E. Helton & L. C. Taylor (Lawrenceburg, Tennessee: James D. Vaughan, 1906), number 118.
Music: Parramatta James D. Vaughan, 1906 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Cook’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
One by one we’re going home,
Gathering ’round the great white throne;
There we’ll live eternally
In our home beyond the sea.
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Home at last beyond the sea,
There we’ll with our Savior be,
And we’ll rest forevermore
On that bright, celestial shore.
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Father, mother now are there,
Brothers, too, and sisters fair;
They are resting glad and free,
In that home beyond the sea.
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Kindred, friends have gone before
To that happy, golden shore;
All their toils and care are past—
They are home, safe home at last.
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In that home so fair and bright
Jesus is the glorious light;
Soon His blessèd face I’ll see
In my home beyond the sea.
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