Who Will Send the News?

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Who will send the news to the gates of glory

Author: James E. Hawes
Tune: [Who will send the news to the gates of glory]
Published in 1 hymnal

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Who will send the news to the gates of glory?
Loved ones are coming home tonight;
Who will bid the angels repeat the story,
Loved ones are coming home tonight?

Chorus:
Who’ll send the news? Oh, who’ll send the news?
Up to the realms of light?
Who will be the next one to send the tidings,
Loved ones are coming home tonight.

Angels linger near waiting your decision,
Loved ones are coming home tonight;
Swift they’ll bear the news to the courts elysian,
Loved ones are coming home tonight.

Friends who’ve gone before will with joy be singing,
Loved ones are coming home tonight;
All the heav’nly dome with the news be ringing,
Loved ones are coming home tonight.

Tender hearts are longing for your returning—
Loved ones are coming home tonight;
For the blessed tidings our souls are yearning,
Loved ones are coming home tonight.

Source: Twentieth (20th) Century Songs Part One #108

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Author: James E. Hawes

James Edward Hawes was born in Vermillion County, IL, near Danville, on Aug. 18, 1862. While growing up, he was nicknamed “the preacher” because of his exceptional moral life. Evidently he became a well-known song leader among churches of Christ and Christian Churches in the latter part of the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century, as well as a preacher. Hawes formed an evangelistic team about 1885, after the example of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey, with Jacob V. Updike (1850-1907). They met with great success before disbanding to become located ministers. According to The Christian Evangelist of Dec. 16, 1901, Hawes was located as minister with the Church of Christ in Greenwich, OH. Also, Hawes edited a hymnbook… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Who will send the news to the gates of glory
Title:	Who Will Send the News?
Author:	James E. Hawes
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Who'll send the news? O who'll send the news
Publication Date:	1900
Copyright:	Public Domain