1 Beyond the smiling and the weeping,
Beyond the waking and the sleeping,
Beyond the sowing and the reaping,
I shall be soon.
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and Home, sweet Home.
Refrain:
Love, rest, and Home, sweet Home.
Lord, tarry not, Lord, tarry not,
but come, but come.
2 Beyond the blooming and the fading,
Beyond the shining and the shading,
Beyond the hoping and the dreading,
I shall be soon.
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and Home, sweet Home. [Refrain]
3 Beyond the parting and the meeting,
Beyond the farewell and the greeting,
Beyond the pulse’s fever beating,
I shall be soon.
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and Home, sweet Home. [Refrain]
Source: The Gospel Message Choir #9
Horatius Bonar was born at Edinburgh, in 1808. His education was obtained at the High School, and the University of his native city. He was ordained to the ministry, in 1837, and since then has been pastor at Kelso. In 1843, he joined the Free Church of Scotland. His reputation as a religious writer was first gained on the publication of the "Kelso Tracts," of which he was the author. He has also written many other prose works, some of which have had a very large circulation. Nor is he less favorably known as a religious poet and hymn-writer. The three series of "Hymns of Faith and Hope," have passed through several editions.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872… Go to person page >
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