All Tears

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Above earth's grief and sighing

Author: Flora L. Best Harris
Tune: [Above earth's grief and sighing]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Above earth’s grief and sighing,
Its want and pain and dying,
Look up and see the glory
Prepared for you and me.

Refrain:
All tears, all tears God shall wipe away,
In the full and perfect day;
Once forever, once forever,
God shall wipe all tears away.

2 The Lamb himself shall feed us,
The Lamb himself shall lead us
To drink from living fountains,
That flow for you and me. [Refrain]

3 No burning sun shall smite us,
His glorious face shall light us;
The beauty of his presence,
It shines for you and me. [Refrain]

4 Though countless hosts before him
With rapture-strains adore him,
Yet in the mighty choral
Are songs for you and me. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #48

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Author: Flora L. Best Harris

Birth: 1850, USA Death: Sep., 1909 Flora Lydia (Best) Harris was the daughter of Dr. David and Elizabeth (Lockart) Best. She was the 1st wife of Rev. Bishop Merriman Colbert Harris. He was a minister in the Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She was a writer and wrote on Japanese themes. In 1891 she translated the 10th century classic 'Tosa Niki' ('Diary or Log of a Journey From Tosa to Kyoto'). Mary Jane Haight-Eckert on Find A Grave web site Go to person page >

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First Line:	Above earth's grief and sighing
Title:	All Tears
Author:	Flora L. Best Harris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	All tears, all tears, God shall wipe away
Copyright:	Public Domain