…in paradise.
Luke 23:43
Words: Jennie Wilson, in The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composers, by Anthony J. Showalter (Dalton, Georgia: A. J. Showalter, 1904), number 68.
Music: Benjamin F. Roe, Sr. (🔊 pdf nwc).
Dearest friendships here are broken,
But there is a city fair
Where no parting word is spoken;
Some glad morning, meet me there.
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Meet me there, O meet me there,
Heaven’s untold bliss to share;
In the home on high there’s no sad goodbye,
Some glad morning, meet me there.
Where the stream of life is flowing
May we wander free and blest;
Where the healing trees are growing,
After toiling may we rest.
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Where no storm clouds throw their shadows
On the glorious summer hours,
Straying thro’ celestial meadows,
May we gather deathless flowers.
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Where redemption’s song is pealing
Forth in grandeur let us meet,
And in grateful worship kneeling,
Cast our crowns at Jesus’ feet.
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