1 We shall sing a sweet, new song,
When we join the ransom’d throng,
Just beyond the pearly gates;
We shall sigh or grieve no more
All our hardships will be o’er,
Just beyond the pearly gates.
Refrain:
Just beyond the pearly gates,
Rapture for the faithful waits,
Glad hosannas we shall raise in increasing strains of praise,
Just beyond the pearly gates.
2 Nevermore our souls will roam,
When we reach that happy home,
Just beyond the pearly gates;
Faces, hidden now, will smile
Tender welcome, after while,
Just beyond the pearly gates. [Refrain]
3 Christ our King we shall behold,
When the tale of life is told,
Just beyond the pearly gates;
Brighter than the noontide sun
He will smile, and say “well done,”
Just beyond the pearly gates [Refrain]
Source: The Tabernacle Hymns #156
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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