This is the promise…eternal life.
1 John 2:25
Words: Jessie B. Pounds, in Beautiful Songs of Zion, edited by Leonard Daugherty (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing, 1900).
Music: Charles K. Langley, Sr. (🔊 pdf nwc).
The fires of the sun shall be quenched at last,
And the steadfast stars be gone;
But souls of the ransomed shall live in strength,
And they still shall be going on.
Refrain
Going on, going on,
They still shall be going on;
Forever and aye, through eternal day,
They still shall be going on.
As souls that remember and feel and thrill,
We shall live when seas are dry;
As separate beings, to love and will,
We shall live, nevermore to die.
Refrain
From glory to glory our path shall be,
And from grace to perfect grace;
Through all the wide years of eternity,
We shall look on our dear Lord’s face.
Going on, going on,
We still shall be going on;
Forever and aye, through eternal day,
We still shall be going on.