Scripture Verse

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. John 14:3

Introduction

Words: Maud Sims, in Bright Beau­ti­ful Bells, ed­it­ed by Ben­ja­min Beall (Birm­ing­ham, Ala­ba­ma & Bu­chan­an, Geor­gia: B. B. Beall, 1900), num­ber 74.

Music: Ben­ja­min B. Beall (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Sims (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Beall,

portrait
Benjamin B. Beall
(1874–1945)

Lyrics

Tell me again of that beau­ti­ful home
Jesus has gone to pre­pare,
That we in sor­row no long­er may roam
In that blest ci­ty up there.

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Wonderful sto­ry! Won­der­ful sto­ry!
Jesus is com­ing, com­ing in glo­ry,
Coming to ga­ther His jew­els, His own,
Take them in joy to His beau­ti­ful home.

Tell me again that no sick­ness e’er comes
Into that home of the blest,
That He is com­ing to ga­ther His own,
Take them at last to His rest.

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Tell me again that His love is the light,
Darkness will ne­ver come there;
Day ev­er­last­ing shall ban­ish the night,
Pleasures shall ban­ish all care.

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Tell me again that He rose from the dead,
Went to His Fa­ther on high,
That He is com­ing to take us there, too,
In that sweet, sweet By and By.

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