The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 86, July 1982 - April, 1983 Page: 40
616 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 23 cm.View a full description of this periodical.
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
They went through the flaming fire
Trusting in the dear Messiah,
Holy Grace that lifts them higher,
Safe in the Promised Land.
Where are the holy Christians?
Where are the holy Christians?
Where are the holy Christians?
Safe in the Promised Land.
Their souls have joined the chorus,
Saints and friends come before us,
While the heaven's beaming o'er us,
Safe in the Promised Land.
By and by we'll go and meet them,
By and by we'll go and meet them,
By and by we'll go and meet them,
Safe in the Promised Land.
There we'll sing and shout together,
There we'll sing and shout forever,
There we'll sing and shout to Zion,
Safe in the Promised Land.
Like links in a chain new stanzas could be added by the substitution of
names of other biblical characters or of friends and relations who had
crossed over to walk the golden streets.
Variations in line and meter occurred with some frequency:
There'll be no dark val- ley when Je- suscomes, There'llbe no dark val-ley when
Je - sus- comes, There'llbe no dark val- ley when Je - sus_ comes To ga- ther his loved
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ones home, To ga-ther his loved ones home, To ga- ther his loved ones home,
There'll be no dark val-ley when Je - sus_ comes To ga-ther his loved ones home.
There'll be no dark valley when Jesus comes,
There'll be no dark valley when Jesus comes,
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