The Cyber Hymnal ‎#19382

19382. There Are No Tears In Heaven

1 What if our bark o’er life’s rough wave
By adverse winds be driv’n,
And howling tempests round us rave—
There are no tears in Heav’n.
What though affliction be our lot,
Our hearts with anguish riv’n;
Still, let it never be forgot—
There are no tears in Heav’n.

2 Our sweetest joys here banish all,
And fade like hues at ev’n;
Our brightest hopes like meteors fall—
There are no tears in Heav’n.
The mourner sad, who drowned in grief,
Hath long in sorrow striven,
Shall find, at last, a sweet relief—
There are no tears in Heav’n.

3 Thou, God, our joy and rest shall be,
And sorrow far be driv’n;
And sin and death forever flee—
There are no tears in Heav’n.
There from the blooming tree of life,
The healing fruit is giv’n;
There, there shall cease the painful strife—
There are no tears in Heav’n.

Text Information

• First Line: What if our bark o’er life’s rough wave
• Title: There Are No Tears In Heaven
• Author: Anonymous
• Meter: CMD
• Language: English
• Source: Select Melodies (Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern, 1843)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: GUJRANWALA by J. L. Spurgeon

Tune Information

• Name: ESCOBEDO
• Arranger: J. H. von Nardroff
• Meter: CMD
• Key: F Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain