Where we oft have met in gladness

Where we oft have met in gladness

Author: Mary Hamlin Maxwell
Published in 21 hymnals

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1 Where we oft have met in gladness,
On the holy Sabbath day,
Now we gather in our sadness,
Mourning over one away:
Tears are falling
On this holy Sabbath day.

2 One we loved has left our number,--
In the narrow dwelling laid;
There to rest in dreamless slumber,
Till the trump that wakes the dead:
When the angel
From their slumbers wakes the dead.

3 But while we in sadness gather,
Mourning thus for one away,
Lo, the angels say, "Another
Joins our holy song to-day!"
Weep no longer;
Join with them the sacred lay.

4 Let our grief, then, turn to gladness,
As we praise the saving love,
Which o'er every shade of sadness
Sheds the light of joys above:
Grief dispelling
By the light of joys above.

Source: Living Hymns: for use in the Sabbath School, Christian Endeavor Meetings, the church & home #381

Author: Mary Hamlin Maxwell

Maxwell, Mary Hamlin, born in 1814, and died in 1853, published in 1849 a volume of Original Hymns, N. Y., in which 107 pieces were included. Her hymn in the Methodist Episcopal Hymnal, 1878, "God hath said, 'For ever blessed'" (Early Piety), is from this work. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907), p. 1579  Go to person page >

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First Line: Where we oft have met in gladness
Author: Mary Hamlin Maxwell
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Manual of Devotion and Hymns for the House of Refuge, City of New York #323

American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a308

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American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa308

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Bright Jewels for the Sunday School #66

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Der Tröster #c74

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Hymns additional to the Hymns in the Prayer Book #300

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Hymns for Sunday Schools #310

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #504

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #71

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #504

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #S71

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Living Hymns #381

Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns. 4th ed. #d251

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Precious Hymns #176

Sabbath School Choir #d106

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Sunday-School Hymns #185

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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #308

The One Key Singer #d60

The Sabbath School Hymn Book #d341

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Young Singer's Friend #340

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