Scripture Verse

The paradise of God. Revelation 2:7

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Will­ard W. Whit­ney, in the New Sil­ver Song, by Will­iam A. Og­den (To­le­do, Ohio: Will­ard W. Whit­ney, 1872), num­ber 30 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Whit­ney (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

We shall meet in the Ed­en ab­ove,
In that beau­ti­ful land of the blest;
All our tri­als and pains will be o’er,
When we en­ter that man­sion of rest.
In the beau­ti­ful, beau­ti­ful Ed­en ab­ove,
In the beau­ti­ful, beau­ti­ful Ed­en ab­ove,
All our tri­als and pains will be o’er,
When we en­ter that man­sion of rest.

When we meet in the Ed­en ab­ove,
When we en­ter that bliss­ful ab­ode,
All the good who have passed on be­fore,
We shall meet in the Ci­ty of God.
In the beau­ti­ful, beau­ti­ful Ed­en ab­ove,
In the beau­ti­ful, beau­ti­ful Ed­en ab­ove,
All the good who have passed on be­fore,
We shall meet in the Ci­ty of God.

The saints of all ag­es are there,
The pro­phets and mar­tyrs of old;
The child­ren whose voic­es on earth are still,
Now sing in that ci­ty of gold.
In the beau­ti­ful, beau­ti­ful Ed­en ab­ove,
In the beau­ti­ful, beau­ti­ful Ed­en ab­ove,
The child­ren whose voic­es on earth are still,
Now sing in that ci­ty of gold.