After the Shadows

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After the midnight, morning will greet us

Author: James Rowe
Tune: BEAZLEY
Published in 25 hymnals

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1 After the midnight, morning will greet us;
After the sadness, joy will appear;
After the tempest, sunlight will meet us;
After the jeering, praise we shall hear.

Chorus:
After the shadows, there will be sunshine,
After the frown, the soul-cheering smile;
Cling to the Savior, love Him forever;
All will be well in a little while.

2 After the battle, peace will be given;
After the weeping, song there will be;
After the journey there will be heaven,-
Burdens will fall and we shall be free. [Chorus]

3 Shadows and sunshine all thro' the story,
Teardrops and pleasure, day after day;
But when we reach the kingdom of glory,
Trials of earth will vanish away. [Chorus]

Source: Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #60

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Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	After the midnight, morning will greet us
Title:	After the Shadows
Author:	James Rowe
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	After the shadows, there will be sunshine
Publication Date:	1915
Copyright:	Public Domain