There’s a deep, tur­bid river,
Flowing on be­fore,
And its wa­ters are deep and wide;
But faith sees a light, yes, a bea­con bright,
Just down by the riv­er side.

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There’s a light at the ri­ver,
A light at the ri­ver;
A light at the ri­ver I can see;
My Lord will stand and hold in His hand,
A light at the ri­ver for me.

O’er the dark, foam­ing wa­ters,
From the un­seen shore,
Angel bands in their beau­ty glide,
And will bear us away to the realms of day,
Into light on the oth­er side.

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Many dear ones we’ve loved
Are from their homes re­moved,
Dipped their wings in the mys­tic tide;
They have passed o’er the deep,
Where they’ll ne’er more weep,
In the light on the oth­er side.

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To this deep, end­less ri­ver
We must one day come,
And we’ll cross o’er its wa­ters wide;
How hap­py we’ll be, if by faith we see
The light on the oth­er side.

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