Shall we meet beyond the river, Where the surges cease to roll?

Shall we meet beyond the river, Where the surges cease to roll?

Author: Horace L. Hastings
Tune: [Shall we meet beyond the river] (Rice)
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1 Shall we meet beyond the river,
Where the surges cease to roll?
Where, in all the bright forever,
Sorrow ne'er shall press the soul?

Refrain:
Shall we meet, shall we meet,
Shall we meet beyond the river?
Shall we meet beyond the river,
Where the surges cease to roll?

2 Shall we meet in that blest harbor
When our stormy voyage is o'er?
Shall we meet and cast the anchor
By the fair, celestial shore? [Refrain]

3 Shall we meet in yonder city,
Where the towers of crystal shine?
Where the walls are all of jasper,
Built by workmanship divine? [Refrain]

4 Shall we meet with Christ our Savior,
When he comes to claim his own?
Shall we know his blessed favor,
And sit down upon his throne? [Refrain]

Source: The Christian Sunday School Hymnal: a compilation of choice hymns and tunes for Sunday schools #80

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Author: Horace L. Hastings

Born: No­vem­ber 26, 1831, Bland­ford, Mass­a­chu­setts. Died: Oc­to­ber 21, 1899. Buried: Go­shen, Mass­a­chu­setts. Hastings be­gan hymn writ­ing and preach­ing at age 17, and worked as an evan­gel­ist in var­i­ous parts of Amer­i­ca. In 1866, he es­tab­lished The Christ­ian, a month­ly pa­per, in which ma­ny of his hymns ap­peared. In 1865, he found­ed the Scrip­tur­al Tract Re­pos­i­tory in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts. His works in­clude: Social Hymns, Orig­in­al and Se­lect­ed (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: 1865) Songs of Pil­grim­age, a Hymn­al for the Churche­s of Christ, Part 1, 1880 The Hast­ings Birth­day Book, 1886, ex­tracts from his prose writ­ings Lyric… Go to person page >

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First Line: Shall we meet beyond the river, Where the surges cease to roll?
Author: Horace L. Hastings
Refrain First Line: Shall we meet, shall we meet
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Church Hymnal, Mennonite: a Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs ... 1st ed. [with Deutscher Anhang] #624
The Christian Sunday School Hymnal: a compilation of choice hymns and tunes for Sunday schools #80TextImage
Great Revival Hymns No.2 #340Image
The Church Hymnal ... Seventh-Day Adventist Church #557
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