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HERE WE SUFFER GRIEF AND PAIN

Scripture Verse

God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away. Revelation 21:4

Introduction

Words: Tho­mas Bil­by, The Nur­sery Book, The In­fant Teach­er’s As­sis­tant 1831–32.

Music: Sam­uel Ash­mead, The Mu­sic­al Re­po­si­to­ry (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: James Harm­stead, 1847), page 96 (🔊 ).

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Lyrics

Here we suf­fer grief and pain,
Here we meet to part again,
In Heav’n we part no more.

Refrain

Oh! that will be joy­ful!
Joyful, joy­ful, joy­ful!
Oh! that will be joy­ful!
When we meet to part no more.

All who love the Lord be­low,
When they die to Heav’n will go,
And sing with saints above.

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Little child­ren will be there,
Who have sought the Lord by pray­er,
From ev­ery Sun­day school.

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Teachers, too, shall meet above,
And our pas­tors, whom we love,
Shall meet to part no more.

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O! how hap­py we shall be!
For our Sav­ior we shall see,
Exalted on His throne!

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There we all shall sing with joy,
And eter­ni­ty em­ploy
In prais­ing Christ the Lord.

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