Scripture Verse

There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Revelation 21:4

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, Feb­ru­ary 4, 1864. Pub­lished in the Gold­en Cen­ser, by Will­iam Brad­bu­ry (New York: Ivi­son, Phin­ney, Blake­man, 1864), page 71. This is said to have been Fan­ny’s first Sun­day School hymn.

Music: We Are Go­ing Will­iam B. Brad­bu­ry (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William Bradbury
(1816–1868)

Lyrics

We are go­ing, we are go­ing,
To a home be­yond the skies,
Where the fields are robed in beau­ty,
And the sun­light ne­ver dies;
Where the fount of joy is flow­ing,
In the valley green and fair,
We shall dwell in love to­ge­ther;
There will be no part­ing there.

Refrain

We are go­ing, we are go­ing,
To a home be­yond the skies,
Where the fields are robed in beau­ty,
And the sun­light ne­ver dies.

We are go­ing, we are go­ing,
And the mu­sic we have heard
Like the ec­ho of the wood­land,
Or the car­ol of a bird;
With the ro­sy light of morn­ing
On the calm and frag­rant air,
Still it mur­murs, soft­ly mur­murs,
There will be no part­ing there.

Refrain

We are go­ing, we are going,
When this mor­tal life is o’er,
To that pure and hap­py re­gion
Where our friends have gone be­fore;
They are sing­ing with the an­gels
In that land so bright and fair;
We shall dwell with them for­ev­er;
There will be no part­ing there.

Refrain