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On the Other Side

We're over on the stormy [life's stormy] [the other] side

Author: Emma Pitt (1881)
Tune: [We're over on the stormy side]
Published in 17 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 We’re over on the stormy side,
Dark clouds beset our way,
But just across the rolling tide
Beam shores of endless day.

Refrain:
On the other side, beyond the rolling tide,
Jesus is waiting for me,
On the golden shore,
In the grand evermore,
Loved ones are watching, for me.

2 There is another, brighter side
Of life beyond the sky,
Where sin and sorrow ne’er betide,
And loved ones never die. [Refrain]

3 Our journey here will soon be done,
We’ll enter into rest,
In yonder clime that needs no sun,—
Repose on Jesus’ breast. [Refrain]

4 Soon I shall strike those harps of gold,
Where flowers immortal bloom,
My dear Redeemer’s face behold,
And calmly rest at home. [Refrain]

Source: The Ark of Praise #70

Author: Emma Pitt

Born: 1846, Maryland. Pitt was living in Bal­ti­more, Mar­y­land, by 1880, and through at least 1910. She may have died be­fore 1920, as the daugh­ter with whom she was living in 1910 was on her own and still sin­gle in 1920. --www.hymntime.com Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: We're over on the stormy [life's stormy] [the other] side
Title: On the Other Side
Author: Emma Pitt (1881)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: On the other side, beyond the rolling tide
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 17 of 17)
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Celestial Songs #165

Echoes of Eden #d148

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Gospel Light #8

Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Bible Schools #d236

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Peerless Praise #63

Salvation Melodies. New ed. #d54

Songs of Beulah Land, a Revival and Church Songbook #d136

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The Ark of Praise #70

The Christian Union Revival Songster #d87

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The Golden Sunshine #79

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The Gospel in Song #169

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The Harp of Glory #79

The Lily #d110

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The Quartet #398

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Triumphant Songs No.1 #108

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Triumphant Songs Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #120

Zion's Praise #d129

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