The Cyber Hymnal ‎#388

388. Beautiful Beckoning Hands

1. Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight,
Faces all shining with radiant light;
Eyes looking down from yon heavenly home,
Beautiful hands they are beckoning Come.

Refrain
Beautiful hands, beckoning hands,
Calling the dear ones to heavenly lands;
Beautiful hands, beckoning hands,
Beautiful, beautiful, beckoning hands.

2. Beckoning hands of a mother whose love
Sacrificed life her devotion to prove;
Hands of a father to memory dear,
Beckon up higher the waiting ones here. [Refrain]

3. Beautiful hands of a little one, see!
Baby voice calling, O mother, for thee;
Rosy cheeked darling, the light of the home,
Taken so early is beckoning Come. [Refrain]

4. Beckoning hands of a husband, a wife,
Watching and waiting the loved one of life;
Hands of a brother, a sister, a friend,
Out from the gateway tonight they extend. [Refrain]

5. Brightest and best of that glorious throng,
Center of all and the theme of their song;
Jesus, our Savior, the piercèd One stands,
Lovingly calling with beckoning hands. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight
• Title: Beautiful Beckoning Hands
• Author: Charles Carroll Luther (1893)
• Refrain First Line: Beautiful hands, beckoning hands
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight]
• Composer: Charles Carroll Luther (1893)
• Incipit: 33332 15555 67153
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain