An abundant entrance

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When life is ended and I cross the narrow sea

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [When life is ended and I cross the narrow sea]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 When life is ended and I cross the narrow sea,
When sets the golden sun of life for me,
I’ll cast my anchor near the golden, shining shore,
And dwell with Jesus there forevermore.

Refrain:
I shall have an abundant entrance
In thro’ the gates of glory,
When I have reached the other shore,
I shall have an abundant entrance
In thro’ the gates of glory,
When I shall dwell forevermore.

2 Tho’ rough the voyage of my life has often been,
Storms cannot reach me when I enter in
To that fair city of the ransomed and the blest,
There from my labors I shall find sweet rest. [Refrain]

3 In yonder city many loved ones for me wait,
There’ll be a welcome when I reach that gate,
Angelic hosts will strike their gladdest note of song,
To swell the chorus of the ransomed throng. [Refrain]

Source: Glad Tidings in Song #73

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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First Line:	When life is ended and I cross the narrow sea
Title:	An abundant entrance
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Refrain First Line:	I shall have an abundant entrance
Copyright:	Public Domain