When We Are There

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There will be a wondrous meeting

Author: Eden Reeder Latta
Tune: [There will be a wondrous meeting]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 There will be a wondrous meeting
When we are there,
There will be a glorious greeting
When we are there.

Refrain:
In the shining mansions fair,
That He promised to prepare,
We shall safely dwell forever,
When we are there.

2 There will be no earthly losses
When we are there,
There will be no heavy crosses
When we are there. [Refrain]

3 There will be no tears or crying
When we are there,
There will be no pains or dying
When we are there. [Refrain]

4 There will be no more unkindness,
When we are there;
There will be no halt or blindness
When we are there. [Refrain]

There will be no evil near us,
When we are there;
But the Lord will keep and cheer us,
When we are there. [Refrain]

Source: Triumphant Songs No.4 #129

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Author: Eden Reeder Latta

Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being wi… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	There will be a wondrous meeting
Title:	When We Are There
Author:	Eden Reeder Latta
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	In the shining mansions fair
Copyright:	Public Domain