Total Praise ‎#581

581. Will the Circle Be Unbroken

1 There are loved ones in the glory
Whose dear forms you often miss,
When you close your earthly story
Will you join them in their bliss?

Refrain:
Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, yes, by and by?
In a better home awaiting
in the sky, in the sky?

2 In the joyous days of childhood,
Oft they told of wondrous love,
Pointed to the dying Savior,
Now they dwell with Him above. [Refrain]

3 You remember songs of heaven
Which you sang with childish voice,
Do you love the hymns they taught you,
Or are songs of earth your choice? [Refrain]

4 You can picture happy gath’rings
Round the fireside long ago,
And you think of tearful partings,
When they left you here below. [Refrain]

5 One by one their seats were empty,
One by one they went away,
Now the fam'ly is parted,
Will it be complete one day? [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: There are loved ones in the glory
• Title: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
• Author: Ada R. Habershon, 1861-1918
• Refrain First Line: Will the circle be unbroken
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Scripture:
  Ephesians 2:19
• Topic: Childhood; Everlasting Life; Family and Home; Heaven; Jesus Christ: His Love and Mercy; Jesus Christ: Savior

Tune Information

• Name: UNBROKEN CIRCLE
• Composer: Charles H. Gabriel, 1865-1932
• Arranger: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 with refrain
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Arr. © 2000, GIA Publications, Inc.