There Will Be Joy

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After the clouds roll by, after the last long sigh

Author: James Rowe (1920)
Tune: [After the clouds roll by]
Published in 5 hymnals

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1 After the clouds roll by,
After the last long sigh,
Happiness great will come to you and me;
We shall be safe at home,
Never again to roam,
Praising Jehovah by the crystal sea.

Refrain:
There will be joy thro' all the ages,
After the cares of life are o'er,
When we have reached the land of beulah,
There will be joy forevermore.

2 After the march is done,
After the set of sun,
We shall be gathered on the golden strand;
Gathered with friends of yore,
Seeing them smile once more,
Viewing the splendor of that happy land. [Refrain]

3 After the burden rolls,
Freeing our weary souls,
Letting us speed away to our reward;
There will be rest and peace,
Pleasures that never cease,
For we shall reach the city of the Lord. [Refrain]

Source: Vocal Gems: our greatest song book for all religious services. Especially recommended for Sunday schools, revivals, W. M. B. and V. L. B. services #42

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Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	After the clouds roll by, after the last long sigh
Title:	There Will Be Joy
Author:	James Rowe (1920)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	There will be joy through all the ages
Copyright:	Public Domain