Scripture Verse

[A] great a cloud of witnesses. Hebrews 12:1

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: John C. Len­der­man, in Songs for Je­sus No. 5, by Frank M. Gra­ham (Greens­bo­ro, Geor­gia: Frank M. Gra­ham, 1914), num­ber 51 (🔊 pdf nwc). Af­fec­tion­ate­ly in­scribed to the me­mo­ry of our dear child­ren, Frank, Ho­mer, Hen­ry and Bes­sie—J. C. and M. E. L.

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

Lyrics

I have loved ones who’ve gone to
That beau­ti­ful home—
And I’m long­ing their fac­es to see;
O to sing the sweet sto­ry,
They are beck­on­ing, Come!
They are wait­ing and watch­ing for me.

Refrain

They are wait­ing for me,
They are wait­ing for me;
They are call­ing me yon­der
To that beau­ti­ful shore,
They are wait­ing and watch­ing for me.

They are shout­ing and sing­ing
In those man­sions above;
O so hap­py to meet them I’ll be;
There sweet mu­sic is ring­ing—
All is glad­ness and love,
They are wait­ing and watch­ing for me.

Refrain

O I long for that meet­ing,
On that glit­ter­ing strand;
Far across the dark bil­lowy sea;
For that glo­ri­ous greet­ing
In that beau­ti­ful land,
They are wait­ing and watch­ing for me.

Refrain

They are call­ing me yon­der,
To that beau­ti­ful shore;
There’s a home that is wait­ing for me;
There I know from my loved ones,
I will part ne­ver­more,
They are wait­ing and watch­ing for me.

Refrain