1 Here we all must part,
Here the aching heart
And the sorrow o’er and o’er must come;
But beyond the skies,
Joyful souls shall rise
When the loved ones are gathered home.
Refrain:
At the great home gathering I’ll be there,
I’ll be there, I’ll be there,
At the great home gathering I’ll be there,
And I’ll never say “good-bye.”
2 With a burdened mind
We are worse than blind,
For we cannot see the hand of God,
So we pray for sight,
For we dread the night
As we walk where the saints have trod. [Refrain]
3 Tho’ we cannot tell
If it’s good or ill,
We will trust whate’er to us may come,
For we know the Lord
And believe his word,
And we know he will take us home. [Refrain]
Source: Gospel Gems Number 1 : One Hundred Eighty Sacred Selections for Religious Meetings #117
Charles Austin Miles USA 1868-1946. Born at Lakehurst, NJ, he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of PA. He became a pharmacist. He married Bertha H Haagen, and they had two sons: Charles and Russell. In 1892 he abandoned his pharmacy career and began writing gospel songs. At first he furnished compositions to the Hall-Mack Publishing Company, but soon became editor and manager, where he worked for 37 years. He felt he was serving God better in the gospel song writing business, than as a pharmacist. He published the following song books: “New songs of the gospel” (1900), “The service of praise” (1900), “The voice of praise” (1904), “The tribute of song” (1904), “New songs of the gospel… Go to person page >
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