A Better Time is Coming

Soon we'll lay our burdens down

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

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

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

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 >

Text Information

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

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Praise and Promise #175

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