Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:5
Words: J. Graydon Hall, in His Voice of Love, edited by James Vaughan (Lawrenceburg, Tennessee: James D. Vaughan, 1924), number 69, alt.
Music: Daegu Hillman Barnard (🔊 pdf nwc). Some hymnals misspell Barnard’s given name as Hilman.
If you know where to get a good photo of Hall or Barnard (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Just beyond this vale of tears,
Where the cares of life annoy;
Just beyond a few short years,
There is everlasting joy.
Refrain
Just beyond, just beyond,
All our cares will be gone;
Just beyond, just beyond,
We shall rest just beyond.
Friends will reunited be,
No one ever will despond,
Souls from sorrow will be free,
In that homeland just beyond.
Refrain
Angel voices sweetly blend,
Singing songs of love and praise;
Rapture is without an end,
Just beyond these pilgrim days.
Refrain