Some Sweet Day

We shall reach the river side

Author: Arthur W. French
Tune: [We shall reach the river side] (Towner)
Published in 68 hymnals

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1 We shall reach the river side,
Some sweet day, some sweet day;
We shall cross the stormy tide,
Some sweet day, some sweet day;
We shall press the sands of gold,
While before our eyes unfold
Heaven’s splendors, yet untold,
Some sweet day, some sweet day.

2 We shall pass inside the gate,
Some sweet day, some sweet day;
Peace and plenty for us wait,
Some sweet day, some sweet day;
We shall hear the wondrous strain,
Glory to the Lamb that’s slain;
Christ was dead, but lives again,
Some sweet day, some sweet day.

3 We shall meet our lost and own,
Some sweet day, some sweet day;
Gath’ring round the great white throne,
Some sweet day, some sweet day;
By the tree of life so fair,
Joy and rapture everywhere;
O the bliss of over there!
Some sweet day, some sweet day.

Source: Songs of Free Grace #27

Author: Arthur W. French

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First Line: We shall reach the river side
Title: Some Sweet Day
Author: Arthur W. French
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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