Scripture Verse

God shall wipe away all tears…and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Revelation 21:4

Introduction

Words: Tho­mas B. Mea­dows, in The Eu­re­ka Song Cli­max, ed­it­ed by Ro­bert L. Pow­ell (Stig­ler, Ok­la­ho­ma: Eu­re­ka Pub­lish­ing, 1916), num­ber 149. To the me­mo­ry of my dear grand­mo­ther, de­ceased.—T. B. M.

Music: Ash­dod W. Ol­iv­er Coop­er (🔊 pdf nwc). Some hym­nals give the com­pos­er as Os­car J. Schwab, Coop­er’s pseu­do­nym.

If you know Mea­dows’ full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Coop­er,

portrait
W. Oliver Cooper (1885–1963)

Lyrics

Shall we know our dear grand­mo­ther,
Where sad part­ings are un­known?
When we’re called across death’s ri­ver,
Shall we find our love, our own?

Refrain

Oh, yes, grand­ma, we shall meet you,
When our toils on earth are o’er;
And again we’ll kind­ly greet you,
When we reach that peace­ful shore.

Shall we know her in the morn­ing,
When we join the love­ly band?
Will she greet us at our com­ing,
With a lov­ing, out­stretched hand?

Refrain

Will she say, My love, come hi­ther,
I have watched and longed for thee?
Shall we share Heav’n’s joys to­ge­ther,
Throughout all eter­ni­ty?

Refrain