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OUR LOVED ONES IN HEAVEN

Scripture Verse

Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes. Deuteronomy 3:27

Introduction

Words: John W. Dad­mun, The Sac­red Har­mo­ni­um (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: J. P. Ma­gee, 1864), num­ber 6.

Music: Les­sue (🔊 ).

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John W. Dadmun (1819–1890)

Lyrics

Come, all ye saints, to Pisgah’s mount­ain,
Come view your home be­yond the tide;
Hear now the voic­es of your loved ones,
What they sing on the oth­er side—
Some of bright crowns of glo­ry are sing­ing,
Some of dear ones who stand near the shore,
For the fond heart must ev­er be cling­ing
To the faith­ful we love ev­er­more.

Refrain

O the pros­pect it is so trans­port­ing
And no dan­ger I fear from the tide;
Let me go to the home of the Chris­tian,
Let me stand robed in white by His side.

There end­less springs of life are flow­ing,
There are the fields of liv­ing green;
Mansions of beau­ty are pro­vid­ed,
And the King of saints is seen.
Soon my con­flict and toils will be end­ed;
I shall join those who’ve passed on be­fore;
For my loved ones, O how do I miss them!
I must press on and meet them once more.

Refrain

Faith now be­holds the flow­ing riv­er,
Coming from un­der­neath the throne;
There, too, the Sav­ior reigns for­ev­er,
And He’ll wel­come the faith­ful home.
Would you sit by the banks of the riv­er
With the friends you have loved by your side?
Would you join the song of the an­gels?
Then be rea­dy to fol­low your guide.

Refrain