Hymn: Beyond the smiling and the weeping
- Title:
- First Line: Beyond the smiling and the weeping
- Hymnal: The Hymnal: published by the Authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
- Denomination: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); Northern Presbyterian
- Publisher: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath School Work
- Publication Date: 1895
Author(s)
- Author Name: Horatius Bonar
- Born: 1808
- Died: 1889
- Gender: M
Full Text
1 Beyond the smiling and the weeping I shall be soon; Beyond the waking and the sleeping, Beyond the sowing and the reaping, I shall be soon. Love, rest, and home! Sweet hope! Lord, tarry not, but come. 2 Beyond the blooming and the fading I shall be soon; Beyond the shining and the shading, Beyond the hoping and the dreading, I shall be soon. Love, rest, and home! Sweet hope! Lord, tarry not, but come. 3 Beyond the rising and the setting I shall be soon; Beyond the calming and the fretting, Beyond remembering and forgetting, I shall be soon. Love, rest, and home! Sweet hope! Lord, tarry not, but come. 4 Beyond the parting and the meeting I shall be soon; Beyond the farewell and the greeting, Beyond the pulse's fever-beating, I shall be soon. Love, rest, and home! Sweet hope! Lord, tarry not, but come. 5 Beyond the frost-chain and the fever I shall be soon; Beyond the rock-waste and the river, Beyond the ever and the never, I shall be soon. Love, rest, and home! Sweet hope! Lord, tarry not, but come. Amen.