When the Roll Is Called in Heaven

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When the roll is called in heaven and we answer to our names (Buffum)

Author: Herbert Buffum
Tune: [When the roll is called in heaven and we answer to our names]
Published in 8 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 When the roll is called in heaven and we answer to our names,
When the glory of God’s Kingdom we shall share,
When the trumpet call is given and we go to meet the Lord,
When the roll is called in heaven I’ll be there.

Refrain:
I’ll be there yes I’ll be there
When the roll is called in heaven I’ll be there.
Where the golden harps are ringing and the saints of God are singing.
When the roll is called in heaven I’ll be there.

2 Yes, I’ll meet you where the stream of life flows from the throne of God,
Where unceasing praise has taken place of prayer,
It will be a glorious moment when we look upon His face,
When the roll is called in heaven I’ll be there. [Refrain]

3 Where the Lord shall wipe away our tears which ne’er shall fall again,
Where no graveyard mars the golden hills so fair,
In the city where death never comes and sorrows pass away,
When the roll is called in heaven I’ll be there. [Refrain]

Source: Soul Inspiring Songs #202

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Author: Herbert Buffum

Herbert Buffum was born in La Fayette, Illinois 13 November 1879. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He started preaching at seventeen years of age. He did city mission work up and down the Pacific Coast and later in small towns in Kansas. He began publishing hymns at the age of eighteen. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	When the roll is called in heaven and we answer to our names (Buffum)
Title:	When the Roll Is Called in Heaven
Author:	Herbert Buffum
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I'll be there, yes, I'll be there
Copyright:	Public Domain