We Shall Rise

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We have often heard the story

Author: R. E. Winsett
Tune: [We have often heard the story]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 We have often heard the story,
When our Lord shall come in glory,
We shall rise, we shall rise;
Then what joy to meet the Savior
And to reign with Him forever,
We shall rise, we shall rise.

Refrain:
We shall rise, when the trumpet shall sound,
We shall rise, triumphantly
On that great triumphant morning we shall rise;
We shall rise, we shall rise.

2 When He comes there’ll be no doubting,
For the saints will rise ashouting,
We shall rise, we shall rise;
But the wicked will be crying,
Running, hiding, mourning, dying,
We shall rise, we shall rise. [Refrain]

3 Nations will begin to tumble,
Worldly systems will then crumble,
We shall rise, we shall rise;
All the saints our King shall gather,
And we’ll reign with Him forever,
We shall rise, we shall rise. [Refrain]

4 Then we’ll meet our deceased mothers,
Fathers, sisters, friends and brothers,
We shall rise, we shall rise;
Ne’er again with them to sever,
In the kingdom dwell forever,
We shall rise, we shall rise. [Refrain]

Source: Soul Inspiring Songs #116

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Author: R. E. Winsett

Robert Emmett Winsett (January 15, 1876 — June 26, 1952 (aged 76) was an American composer and publisher of Gospel music. Winsett was born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and graduated from the Bowman Normal School of Music in 1899. He founded his own publishing company in 1903, and his first publication, Winsett's Favorite Songs, quickly became popular among the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of the American South. Pentecostal Power followed in 1907; that year Winsett completed postgraduate work at a conservatory. He married Birdie Harris in 1908, and had three sons and two daughters with her. He settled in Fort Smith, Arkansas, continuing to compose gospel songs, of which he would write over 1,000 in total. He became a minister… Go to person page >

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First Line:	We have often heard the story
Title:	We Shall Rise
Author:	R. E. Winsett
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	We shall rise, when the trumpet shall sound
Copyright:	Public Domain