The New Sabbath School Hosanna ‎#170

170. Beyond the smiling and the weeping

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.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet, sweet home!
Oh, how sweet it will be there to meet
The dear ones all at home;
Oh, how sweet it will be there to meet
The dear ones all at home.

2 Beyond the rising and the setting
I shall be soon;
Beyond the calming and the fretting,
Beyond remembering and forgetting,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet, sweet home!
Oh, how sweet it will be there to meet
The dear ones all at home;
Oh, how sweet it will be there to meet
The dear ones all at home.

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.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet, sweet home!
Oh, how sweet it will be there to meet
The dear ones all at home;
Oh, how sweet it will be there to meet
The dear ones all at home.

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.
Love, rest, and home!
Sweet, sweet home!
Oh, how sweet it will be there to meet
The dear ones all at home;
Oh, how sweet it will be there to meet
The dear ones all at home.

Text Information

• First Line: Beyond the smiling and the weeping
• Refrain First Line: Love, rest, and home!
• Publication Date: 1870
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Tune for 170 and 468 in "American Sunday School Hymn Book" (ASS1860a)

Tune Information

• Name: THE DEAR ONES ALL AT HOME
• Composer: Wm. B. Bradbury
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: From "New Golden Shower"
• Copyright: By permission.
• Notes: Public Domain.