The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11272

11272. O Happy Day, When Saints Shall Meet

1 O! Happy day, when saints shall meet
To part no more—the thought is sweet;
No more to feel the rending smart,
Oft felt below, when Christians part.

2 O happy place I still must say,
Where all but love is done away;
All cause of parting there is past;
Their social feast will ever last.

3 Such union here is sought in vain,
As there, in every heart, will reign;
There separations can’t compel
The saints to bid the sad farewell.

4 On earth, when friends together meet,
And find the passing moments sweet;
Time’s rapid motions soon compel,
With grief to say, "Dear friends, farewell."

5 The shepherd feels the smarting shock,
Of parting from his weeping flock;
His feelings for them, none can tell,
When forced to say, "My friends, farewell."

6 The happy season soon will come,
When saints shall meet in Heaven, their home;
Eternally with Christ to dwell,
Nor ever hear the sound, "Farewell."

Text Information

• First Line: O! Happy day, when saints shall meet
• Title: O Happy Day, When Saints Shall Meet
• Author: John Barnard, 1681-1770
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: A New Selection of Seven Hundred Evangelical Hymns by John Dobell (Morristown, NJ: Peter A. Johnson, 1810)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: LOUELLA in "Harmonia Sacra;" MAINZER by Joseph Mainzer

Tune Information

• Name: MARYTON
• Composer: Henry Percy Smith (1874)
• Meter: LM
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain