1. Soon will come the setting sun,
When our work will all be done,
And the weary heart at last be still;
But the Lord, with loving cry,
Will awake us by and by,
And we’ll meet again on Zion’s hill.
Refrain
We’ll meet each other there,
Yes, we’ll meet each other there,
And the Savior’s presence share
When we meet each other there;
We’ll meet each other there,
Yes, we’ll meet each other there,
And a crown of glory we shall wear.
2. Deep the shadows in the vale,
Fierce the howling of the gale,
Long and dark the storm around our door;
But the Lord will make a way
To the shining realms of day,
With the shadow and the storm no more.
Refrain
3. Flood the heart with parting tears,
Frost the head with passing years,
Mingle want and woe together here;
But the Lord at length will come,
In His love, to take us home,
And we’ll never know a sorrow there.
Refrain
Source: The Cyber Hymnal #17106
Robert Lowry was born in Philadelphia, March 12, 1826. His fondness for music was exhibited in his earliest years. As a child he amused himself with the various musical instruments that came into his hands. At the age of seventeen he joined the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, and soon became an active worker in the Sunday-school as teacher and chorister.
At the age of twenty-two he gave himself to the work of the ministry, and entered upon a course of study at the University of Lewisburg, Pa. At the age of twenty-eight he was graduated with the highest honors of his class. In the same year of his graduation, he entered upon the work of the ministry. He served as pastor at West Chester, Pa., 1851-1858; in New York City, 1859-1861;… Go to person page >
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