Scripture Verse

Ye shall be gathered one by one. Isaiah 27:12

Introduction

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),

portrait
James Vaughan
(1864–1941)

Lyrics

One by one we’re go­ing home,
Gathering ’round the great white throne;
There we’ll live eter­nal­ly
In our home be­yond the sea.

Refrain

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.

Refrain