When I Get to the End of the Way

The sands have been washed in the footprints

Author: Charlie D. Tillman; Author: A. M. Bean
Tune: [The sands have been washed in the footprints]
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1. The sands have been washed in the footprints
Of the Stranger on Galilee’s shore;
And the voice that subdued the rough billows
Will be heard in Judea no more,
But the path of that lone Galilean,
With joy I will follow today,

Refrain
And the toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way,
The toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way.

2. There are so many hills to climb upward,
I often am longing for rest;
But He who appoints me my pathway,
Knows just what is needful and best.
I know in His Word He hath promised
That my strength it shall be as my day; [Refrain]

3. He loves me too well to forsake me,
Or give me a trial too much;
His people have been dearly purchased,
And Satan can never claim such.
By and by I shall see Him and praise Him,
In the city of unending day; [Refrain]

4. When the last feeble steps have been taken,
And the gates of that city appear,
And the beautiful songs of the angels
Float out on my listening ear;
When all that now seems so mysterious,
Will be bright and as clear as the day,

And the toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way,
Then the toils of the road will seem nothing
When I get to the end of the way.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #7470

Author: Charlie D. Tillman

Tillman, Charles "Charlie" Davis. (Tallahassee, Talapoosa County, Alabama, March 20, 1861--1943). Married Anna Killingsworth (Dec. 24, 1889); four daughters, one son (d.1910). --Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Author: A. M. Bean

(no biographical information available about A. M. Bean.) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: The sands have been washed in the footprints
Title: When I Get to the End of the Way
Author: Charlie D. Tillman
Author: A. M. Bean
Meter: 10.9.10.9.10.9 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: And the toils of the road will seem nothing
Publication Date: 1895
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #7470

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Timeless Truths #577

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