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Text:When we pass through yonder river
Author:Thomas Kelly
Tune:WER SIND DIE VOR GOTTES TRONE

576. When we pass through yonder river

1 When we pass through yonder river,
When we reach the farther shore,
There's an end of war for ever;
We shall see our foes no more:
All our conflicts then shall cease,
Followed by eternal peace.

2 O that hope, how bright, how glorious!
'Tis His people's blest reward;
In the Saviour's strength victorious,
They at length behold their Lord:
In His kingdom they shall rest,
In His love be fully blest.

Text Information
First Line: When we pass through yonder river
Author: Thomas Kelly (1809)
Meter: 8, 7, 7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: Death and Eternity: Heaven; Ascension Day; Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #525
Tune Information
Name: WER SIND DIE VOR GOTTES TRONE
Meter: 8, 7, 7.
Key: G Major
Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: C. Rheinthaler



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