When We Get Home

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Our sorrows all, will be over when we get home

Author: James M. Black
Tune: [Our sorrows all, will be over when we get home]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Our sorrows all, will be over when we get home,
For God shall gather His children around His throne;
Our hearts, there, nothing can sever,
Goodby’s are spoken there, never,
We’ll be with Jesus forever when we get home.

Refrain:
When we get home,
When we get home,
Our sorrows all will be over, when we get home.

2 The glorious face of our Saviour we shall behold,
And know that half of the story was never told,
Our crowns we’ll lay at His feet,
And the dear old story repeat;
For our peace and joy will be sweet when we all get home. [Refrain]

3 The cares and burdens we bear on our homeward way,
Will seem as naught in the light of that glorious day;
We’ll walk, by faith, in the light,
To the home-land, where is no night;
O what glories will burst on our sight when we all get home. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Faith and Hope Number 2 #79

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Author: James M. Black

James Milton Black USA 1856-1938 Born in South Hill, NY, Black was an American hymn composer, choir leader and Sunday school teacher. He worked, lived,and died in Williamsport, PA. An active member, he worked at the Pine Tree Methodist Episcopal Church there. He married Lucy Love Levan. He started his music career with John Howard of New York and Daniel B. Towner of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He edited a dozen gospel song books and wrote nearly 1500 songs. He also served on the commission for the 1905 Methodist Hymnal. John Perry Go to person page >

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