Scripture Verse

God shall wipe away all tears. Revelation 7:17

Introduction

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Frederic D. Huntington (1819–1904)

Words: Fred­er­ick D. Hunt­ing­ton, El­im; or Hymns of Ho­ly Re­fresh­ment (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: E. P. Dut­ton, 1866).

Music: Dun­bar Charles W. Dun­bar, 1858 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Dun­bar (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

There’ll be no night in Heav’n,
In that blest world above;
No anx­ious toil, no wea­ry hours;
For la­bor there is love.

Refrain

There’ll be no sor­row there,
There’ll be no sor­row there,
In Heav’n above, where all is love,
There’ll be no sor­row there.

There’ll be no grief in Heav’n,
For life is one glad day,
And tears are those of for­mer things
Which all have passed way.

Refrain

There’ll be no sin in Heav’n;
Behold that bless­èd throng,
All ho­ly in their spot­less robes,
All ho­ly in their song.

Refrain