The Cyber Hymnal ‎#15046

15046. We Shall Meet Our Friends Departed

1 We shall meet our friends departed,
Though we left them long ago
To their lone and dreamless slumbers,
In the silent dust below;
We shall meet them, O how glorious!
When this weary life is o’er,
In those bright, celestial regions,
Blest and happy evermore.

Refrain:
We shall meet, yes, we shall meet them,
When our journeyings are o’er,
We shall meet them, Hallelujah!
On that bright and shining shore.

2 We shall meet our friends departed,
Who the promised land have won,
Shining as the stars of Heaven,
Round the everlasting throne;
Onward, every soul, to duty
Scatter wide the shades of gloom,
All of life is in the future,
Life is bliss beyond the tomb. [Refrain]

3 We shall meet our friends departed,
Clothed in robes of heav’nly white,
And with sainted voices greet them
In a land of life and light;
Lift no voice of grief or sorrow,
That they molder in the dust;
We shall meet them on the morrow
At the rising of the just. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: We shall meet our friends departed
• Title: We Shall Meet Our Friends Departed
• Author: E. C. Howe
• Refrain First Line: We shall meet, yes, we shall meet them
• Meter: 87.87.87 D
• Language: English
• Source: Songs of Free Grace by Daniel B. Towner (Cincinnati: Cranston & stonew, 1883)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: PHRAE
• Composer: Daniel Brink Towner (1883)
• Meter: 87.87.87 D
• Key: F Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain