Author: Horatius Bonar Hymnal: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1347 (1886) Topics: Bible Songs Reward of Saints Lyrics: 1 Beyond the smiling and the weeping,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the waking and the sleeping,
Beyond the sowing and the reaping,
I shall be soon.
Refrain:
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet, sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not,
Lord, tarry not,
Lord, tarry not, but come.
2 Beyond the blooming and the fading,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the shining and the shading,
Beyond the hoping and the dreading,
I shall be soon. [Refrain]
3 Beyond the parting and the meeting,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the farewell and the greeting;
Beyond the pulse's fever-beating,
I shall be soon. [Refrain]
4 Beyond the frost-chain and the fever,
I shall be soon;
Beyond the rock-waste and the river,
Beyond the ever and the never,
I shall be soon. [Refrain] Scripture: Isaiah 60:20 Tune Title: BEYOND
Beyond the smiling and the weeping