The dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air.
1 Thessalonians 4:16–17
Words & Music: William J. Stevenson, in Royal Diadem, by Robert Lowry & W. Howard Doane (New York and Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main, 1873), page 10 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Stevenson (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Shall we meet in Heav’n? Shall we meet in Heav’n?
With the blest who have gone before?
Will a crown be giv’n? Will a crown be giv’n?
When we stand on the other shore?
Refrain
We may all meet there; we may all meet there;
If we love the Lord, and obey His word,
We may all meet there.
Will the angels bright, will the angels bright,
Bear us on to that happy home?
With the saints in light, with the saints in light,
Shall we stand round the great white throne?
Refrain
Yes, we all may meet, yes, we all may meet,
Where this life and its toils are o’er,
And each other greet, and each other greet,
In a land where we’ll part no more.
Refrain