A Better Time is Coming

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Soon we'll lay our burdens down

Author: John B. Vaughan
Tune: [Soon we'll lay our burdens down]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Soon we’ll lay our burdens down,
And take up a golden crown,
A better time is coming by and by;
Soon we’ll enter into rest,
With the ransomed and the blest,
A better time is coming by and by.

Refrain:
A better time is coming by and by,
A better time is coming by and by;
When this weary life is o’er,
And we reach the other shore,
A better time is coming by and by.

2 We have trials here below,
Where the turbid waters flow,
A better time is coming by and by;
Let us look beyond the gloom,
Where transplanted roses bloom,
A better time is coming by and by. [Refrain]

3 Soon, before our Father’s throne,
We will meet the loved ones gone,
A better time is coming by and by;
Let us press along the way,
To that glad triumphal day,
A better time is coming by and by. [Refrain]

Source: Praise and Promise: for use in Sunday-schools, prayer meetings, revivals, young people's meetings and on special occasions #175

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Author: John B. Vaughan

John B. Vaughan (sometimes misspelled Vaughn), 1862-1918 Born: June 16, 1862, Elbert County, Georgia. Died: July 18, 1918, Athens, Georgia. Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia. Vaughan was a Gospel song writer and music publisher. At one time he taught at the Southern Development Normal music school in Waco, Texas. Lyrics-- Beautiful Home Somewhere There’ll Be Room Enough ’Twill Be Glory By and By We Shall See the King --http://www.hymntime.com --http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Soon we'll lay our burdens down
Title:	A Better Time is Coming
Author:	John B. Vaughan
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	A better time is coming by and by
Copyright:	Public Domain