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In the Sweet Sometime of Heaven

Author: May Justus Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Of this earthland I am weary Refrain First Line: Yet by one glad promise given

[Of this earth-land I am weary]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry G. Sherbert Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 56121 16512 33212 Used With Text: In The Sweet Sometime Of Heaven

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In The Sweet Sometime Of Heaven

Author: May Justus Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8562 First Line: Of this earth-land I am weary Refrain First Line: Yet by one glad promise given Lyrics: 1 Of this earth-land I am weary (I am weary), One of God’s great pilgrim band (great pilgrim band); Oft in pathways worn and weary (worn and weary), Seeking for my dear home land (my dear home land). Refrain: Yet by one glad promise given, I am waiting day by day For that sweet sometime of Heaven, When the years have rolled away! 2 In my waking or my sleeping (or my sleeping), I am dreaming o’er and o’er (yes, o’er and o’er) Of the joys in God’s own keeping (God’s own keeping), Of the happiness in store (fore’er in store). [Refrain] 3 Tho’ my dearest hopes may perish (hopes may perish), Tho’ my eyes are dim with tears (are dim with tears), This by faith my heart will cherish (heart will cherish) Thro’ the passing of the years (yes, of the years). [Refrain] 4 Homesick heart, be not repining (not repining), Be thou patient here a while (yes, here a while); Thou shalt see God’s welcome shining (welcome shining) Just beyond the last long mile (the last long mile). [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Of this earth-land I am weary]

In the Sweet Sometime of Heaven

Author: May Justus Hymnal: Truth and Hope #8 (1919) First Line: Of this earth land I am weary Refrain First Line: Yet by one glad promise given Languages: English Tune Title: [Of this earth land I am weary]

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May Justus

1898 - 1989 Author of "In the Sweet Sometime of Heaven" Born: May 12, 1898, Del Rio, Tennessee. Died: November 7, 1989, Monteagle, Tennessee. Justus was born on May 12, 1898, in Del Rio, Tennessee, to a school-teacher father and stay-at-home mother. The family moved around quite frequently, but always stayed close to the Appalachian Mountains that helped shape Justus’s character and writing. “For I feel at home only in the mountains,” she has said in several interviews. She eventually attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where she earned her Bachelors in Teaching. Early in her career, she grew fond of writing children’s literature—all dealing with the mountain folklore of her youth. Her first children’s book Gabby Gaffer was published in 1929 when Justus was thirty years old. The book was inspired by her students who always begged for one of Justus’s beloved stories after they finished their schoolwork. After her first publication, Justus continued to generate works, all while teaching. Her students inspired Justus to write more and more—and she did, dedicating countless stories to them. Justus’s love of children even led her to begin teaching handicapped students in her own home. After her retirement, Justus continued her work with children, operating a story-and-song program from her home, and maintaining a children’s library in her attic for twenty years. Justus won a bevy of awards for her literary achievements, including the Julia Ellsworth Ford Prize for Gabby Gaffer’s New Shoes in 1935, and the Boy’s Club Award in 1950 for Luck for Little LuLu, cementing her place as an adored children’s author. Justus passed away on November 7, 1989, at the age of 91. Posthumously, her Alma Mater established the May Justus Collection, housing bibliographies of all of her books, anthologies containing her short poems, photographs, manuscripts, sixteen handwritten letters, and other materials concerning her personal history. --www.mtsu.edu/tnlitproj/ (excerpts)