1 Here we suffer grief and pain,
Here we meet to part again;
In heaven we part no more.
Chorus:
Oh, that will be joyful!
Joyful, joyful, joyful!
Oh, that will be joyful!
When we meet to part no more.
2 All who love the Lord below,
When they die, to heaven will go,
And sing with saints above. [Chorus]
3 Holy children will be there,
Who have sought the Lord by prayer,
From every Sunday school. [Chorus]
4 Teachers, too, shall meet above,
And our pastors, whom we love,
Shall meet to part no more. [Chorus]
5 Oh, how happy we shall be!
For our Saviour we shall see
Exalted on his throne. [Chorus]
6 There we all shall sing with joy,
And eternity employ
In praising Christ the Lord. [Chorus]
Source: The New Sabbath School Hosanna: enlarged and improved: a choice collection of popular hymns and tunes, original and selected: for the Sunday school and the family circle... #72a
First Line: | Here we suffer grief and pain |
Title: | The Happy Meeting |
Author: | Thomas Bilby |
Language: | English |
Refrain First Line: | O that will be joyful |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Here we suffer grief and pain. T. Bilby. Heaven anticipated.] Published in The Infant School Teachers’ Assistant, 1832, in 6 stanzas of 3 lines, with the refrain, "O that will be joyful." Although suited in sentiment more to the aged than the young, yet mainly through the tune to which it is set and the refrain, it has become a very popular hymn with children, and is in extensive use in Sunday schools. Authorised text from the author's manuscript in Lyra Britannica, 1867, p. 62.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)