What a happy meeting when the saints shall come

What a happy meeting when the saints shall come

Author: Will H. Ruebush
Tune: [What a happy meeting when the saints shall come]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 What a happy meeting when the saints shall come
To the shining portals up on high;
There with earth's redeemed ones to be crowned at home,
On that cloudless morning, by and by.

Refrain:
On that cloudless morning when the saints shall rise,
I'll be there, I'll be there;
In that land of beauty far above the skies,
I'll be there, I'll be there.

2 Then the saints their spotless robes of white shall wear,
Hallelujah to the Lamb shall cry;
On that glorious dawning we their joy shall share,
On that cloudless morning, by and by. [Refrain]

3 To the Lamb once offered but who lives again,
To the One who came to earth to die,
We shall join the ransomed in a glad refrain,
On that cloudless morning, by and by. [Refrain]

Source: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #960

Author: Will H. Ruebush

William Howe Ruebush (Will H. Ruebush) 1873-1956 Born: June 4, 1873, Sing­ers Glen, Vir­gin­ia. Died: October 6, 1956, Elk­ton, Vir­gin­ia. A vo­cal mu­sic teach­er ear­ly in his ca­reer, Rue­bush di­rect­ed an ar­my band in France in World War I. Af­ter the war, he led ma­ny ci­vil­ian or­ches­tras and bands, and taught at sev­er­al schools, in­clud­ing the Shen­an­do­ah Con­serv­a­to­ry of Mu­sic in Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia. He com­posed ma­ny marches, in­clud­ing The Stone­wall Bri­gade March, Shen­an­do­ah, and the Al­ma Ma­ter Song for Tu­lane Un­i­ver­si­ty. Rue­bush spent most of his life in Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia, where he be­came pre­si­dent of the Rue­bush-Kieff­er Pub­… Go to person page >

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First Line: What a happy meeting when the saints shall come
Author: Will H. Ruebush
Refrain First Line: On that cloudless morning
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #960

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