The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13140

13140. When This Life Is O'er

1 When this life is o’er on that bright, golden shore,
We shall worship the Savior we love;
Free from pain and care, endless blessings to share
In that beautiful, sweet home above.

Refrain:
O how happy we’ll be over death’s silent sea,
There to dwell with the ones gone before;
Praising Christ, our king, we forever shall sing,
When this life with its trials is o’er!

2 If we’re saved while here, we shall have not a fear,
When the reckoning day shall have come;
For around the throne He will crown us His own,
And will welcome to Heaven, our home. [Refrain]

3 When this life is o’er, we shall labor no more,
But from toiling and care sweetly rest;
We will loved ones meet and God’s praises repeat,
Ever safe with the pure and the blest. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: When this life is o’er on that bright, golden shore
• Title: When This Life Is O'er
• Author: J. Houston Smith
• Refrain First Line: O how happy we’ll be over death’s silent sea
• Language: English
• Source: New Songs of Praise by Alfred E. Helton et al. (Lenoir, NC: Teachers' Music Publishing Comany, 1913)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [When this life is o’er on that bright, golden shore]
• Composer: J. Houston Smith
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain