1 There may be tears to shed as we travel home,
There may be weary hours, dreary days and lone,
But there'll be no more heart-aches round the heav'nly throne,
Only glory, wondrous glory by and by.
Refrain:
Only glory by and by, Only glory by and by,
When we've crossed the river to our home on high;
Only glory by and by, Only glory by and by,
Ev'ry heart-ache gone forever - Only glory by and by.
2 There may be disappointments we must sweetly bear,
There may be anxious moments, doubts, and deep despair,
But there'll be glory waiting for us over there,
Only glory, wondrous glory by and by. [Refrain]
3 Then travel on with patience-Jesus holds thy hand;
Some day we'll know the myst'ries hard to understand,
And then as conqu'rors enter that fair promised land
And the glory, wondrous glory by and by. [Refrain]
Source: Favorites Number 1: A Collection of Gospel Songs #80
Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985.
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