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Text: | At the Ford of the River |
Author: | R. Horatio Hardin |
Tune: | [Earth has its sorrows, its heartaches, its anguish] |
Composer: | Jno. R. Sweney |
1 Earth has its sorrows, its heartaches, its anguish;
Fraught are life’s moments with pleasure and pain;
But at the ford of that mystical river
Darkness shall vanish, and all shall be plain.
Refrain:
Yes, at the ford, at the ford of the river,
Rapturous visions these eyes shall away;
Fording the flood at the foot of the “city,”
Cleansed from all sin we shall enter the gate.
2 Earth has its pleasures, its lessons of gladness;
Filled is joy’s cup with unspeakable peace;
But at the hour when fording the river
There shall be joys of a thousand increase. [Refrain]
3 Earth has its songs of a triumphal measure,
Songs of rejoicing and echoes of rest;
But at the brink of the river of rivers
Swelleth the infinite song of the “blest.” [Refrain]
4 Earth has its victories, praise the Redeemer!
Glorified visions and answers to prayer;
But safely past that blest ford of the river,
Eternal victory’s crown we shall wear. [Refrain]
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First Line: | Earth has its sorrows, its heartaches, its anguish |
Title: | At the Ford of the River |
Author: | R. Horatio Hardin |
Refrain First Line: | Yes, at the ford, at the ford of the river |
Publication Date: | 1897 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Earth has its sorrows, its heartaches, its anguish] |
Composer: | Jno. R. Sweney |
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