Scripture Verse

A pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. Revelation 22:1–2

Introduction

Words: Mill­ard H. Smith, in Glad News, ed­it­ed by W. N. Cook (Hud­son, North Ca­ro­li­na: Teach­ers’ Mu­sic Pub­lish­ing, 1916), num­ber 12.

Music: C. H. Lance (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Lance’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or Smith (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

When we ga­ther at the ri­ver
On that morn­ing bright and fair,
And with joy be­hold the beau­ty
Of that coun­try over there,
We shall find the ones we cher­ished
Ere they went from earth away;
With them we shall dwell for­ev­er
Where no sha­dows mar the day.

Refrain

On that morn­ing bright and fair,
We shall ga­ther ov­er there,
In the glad, eter­nal land,
Just be­yond the gold­en strand—
On that morn­ing bright and fair.

When the saved ones reach those man­sions
Which, pre­pared by God’s own hand,
Stand amid the match­less splen­dor
Of the hap­py Beu­lah land,
All their sor­row will be end­ed,
Pain can ne­ver en­ter there—
Oh! what bliss to know ’tis com­ing—
On that morn­ing bright and fair!

Refrain

We shall see our Sav­ior stand­ing
On that sun­ny, change­less shore,
Waiting to re­ceive His chos­en
Where sad part­ings come no more;
May each life be fraught with du­ty
Thro’ this sin­ful world of care,
Till we reach our home of glo­ry
On that morn­ing bright and fair!

Refrain