Scripture Verse

He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matthew 24:31

Introduction

Words: Ada­lyn Ev­il­si­zer, 1895.

Music: An­tho­ny J. Sho­wal­ter (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
Anthony J. Showalter (1858–1924)

Lyrics

When the trum­pet shall sound,
And the dead shall arise,
And the splen­dors im­mor­tal
Shall en­vel­op the skies;
When the An­gel of Death
Shall no long­er de­stroy,
And the dead shall awak­en
In the morn­ing of joy:

Refrain

In the morn­ing of joy,
In the morn­ing of joy,
We’ll be ga­thered to glo­ry,
In the morn­ing of joy;
In the morn­ing of joy,
In the morn­ing of joy,
We’ll be ga­thered to glo­ry,
In the morn­ing of joy.

When the King shall ap­pear
In His beau­ty on high,
And shall sum­mon His child­ren
To the courts of the sky;
Shall the cause of the Lord
Have been all your em­ploy,
That your soul may be spot­less
In the morn­ing of joy?

Refrain

O the bliss of that morn,
When our loved ones we meet!
With the songs of the ran­somed
We each other shall greet,
Singing praise to the Lamb,
Thro’ eter­ni­ty’s years,
With the past all for­got­ten
With its sor­rows and tears.

Refrain