Happy are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorposts.
Proverbs 8:34
Words: Mary P. Griffin, in The Sabbath School Gem, by Asa Hull (Boston, Massachusetts: H. V. Degen & Son, 1863), number 8, alt. Note: This source does not name the author, but Griffin is credited in numerous subsequent publications.
Music: Thessaloniki Asa Hull (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Griffin’s full name, or where to get a good photo of her (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
We are waiting by the river,
We are waiting on the shore,
Only waiting for the boatman,
Soon he’ll come to bear us o’er.
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We are waiting by the river,
We are waiting on the shore,
Only waiting for the boatman,
Soon he’ll come to bear us o’er.
Though the mist hang o’er the river,
And its billows loudly roar,
Yet we hear the song of angels,
Wafted on the other shore.
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From the bright celestial city,
We have caught such radiant gleams,
Of its towers like dazzling sunlight,
With its sweet and peaceful streams.
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He has called for many a loved one,
We have seen them leave our side,
With our Savior we shall meet them,
When we, too, have crossed the tide.
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When we’ve passed that vale of shadows,
With its dark and chilling tide;
In that bright and glorious city
We shall evermore abide.
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