The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9229

9229. Our Mother

1 The last night of watching is over;
The last words of love have been said;
And safe on the bosom of Jesus,
Our mother has pillowed her head.
Enfolded in arms everlasting,
Her weakness and pains are all past;
The pearl gates of God’s upper city
In triumph she’s entered at last.

Refrain:
Safe in the bright upper land,
Safe thro’ eternity’s years,
Safe with the glorified band,
After earth’s trials and tears.

2 We mourn thro’ the bright days of summer,
’Mid scenes where no more she will tread;
And weep when the white snows of winter
Fall soft o’er the grave of our dead;
But when the home-group of our hearth-stone
Shall kneel at the calm hour of prayer,
The beautiful soul of our mother
Shall meet with her darling ones there. [Refrain]

3 We thank Thee, our Father, in Heaven,
That after the earth-life of tears,
There cometh a day without ending,
The morn of eternity’s years;
We thank Thee that, perfect thro’ suff’ring,
Thy loved and Thy ransomed shall stand,
And sing the new song all together,
With Thee in the bright upper land. [Refrain]

4 Our eyes on the cross, dear Redeemer,
Our feet in the safe narrow way,
We’ll think of the great weight of glory,
And carry the cross of today;
Thy strength in our weakness made perfect,
Bear us as on wings to the sky,
Where hopes that we cherish ne’er fail us,
And those that we love cannot die. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: The last night of watching is over
• Title: Our Mother
• Author: Lizzie F. Baker
• Refrain First Line: Safe in the bright upper land
• Meter: 98.98.98 D
• Language: English
• Source: Sunday School Songs by Elisha A. Hoffman (Cleveland: Publishing House of the Evangelical Association, 1880)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CROYDON
• Composer: Daniel Franklin Hodges (1880)
• Meter: 98.98.98 D
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain