I Shall Be Satisfied

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I know not where those mansions are

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [I know not where those mansions are]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 I know not where those mansions are,
That hands have never wrought,
Those radiant, homes, whose glories rare,
Excel all human thought;
But this I know, when man redeem’d,
From sin and sorrow free,
Shall reach his heav’nly dwelling-place,
There shall the Master be.

Refrain:
And I shall be satisfied, yes,
I shall be satisfied,
For there shall the Master be;
And I shall be satisfied, yes,
I shall be satisfied,
For there shall the Master be.

2 I know not what companionship
Shall bless the ransomed soul,
What dear delights of friend with friend,
While endless cycles roll;
But this I know, the Friend whose smile
Shall make the light of heav’n,
Is he who bore our load of sin,
That we might be forgiv’n. [Refrain]

3 I know not what the blest pursuits,
Of heav’n’s eternal day,
What deeds of love, what thoughts of joy,
Make bright their happy way;
But this I know, no glad employ
The shining hours can fill,
To be compared with praising Christ,
And doing his sweet will. [Refrain]

4 I cannot tell what bodies clothe
The saints in that far land,
What grace, what beauty deck their forms,
As near the throne they stand;
But this I know, each shall be like
His Lord the crucified;
And when his image I shall bear,
I shall be satisfied. [Refrain]

Source: Triumphant Songs No.1 #49

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Author: Eliza E. Hewitt

Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >

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First Line:	I know not where those mansions are
Title:	I Shall Be Satisfied
Author:	Eliza E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	And I shall be satisfied, yes, I shall be satisfied
Copyright:	Public Domain