O, shall we be happy in Heaven,
When the tears are all wiped from our eyes?
Will our hearts never ache—anguish-riven—
For a soul that eternally dies?
If one thing could soothe the sad spirit,
"Twere His love, who before us hath trod;
Could we think of one loved one and bear it,
Shut out from the presence of God?
When the tears are all wiped from our eyes?
Will our hearts never ache—anguish-riven—
For a soul that eternally dies?
If one thing could soothe the sad spirit,
"Twere His love, who before us hath trod;
Could we think of one loved one and bear it,
Shut out from the presence of God?
O, this is so little of living,
And that is so endlessly more;
Shall the strongest of ties Time is weaving
Be rent at the portal before?
To one, endless happiness given,
To one, an eternal despair;
O, can we be happy in Heaven,
If one whom we love is not there?
And that is so endlessly more;
Shall the strongest of ties Time is weaving
Be rent at the portal before?
To one, endless happiness given,
To one, an eternal despair;
O, can we be happy in Heaven,
If one whom we love is not there?
O Thou, who in agony's garden,
Wept teardrops of sorrow and blood;
Who paid on the cross for our pardon,
Redeemed us from sin unto God,
May one priceless answer be given
The longing that burdens my prayer;
That when I am with Thee in Heaven,
All, all whom I love may be there!
Wept teardrops of sorrow and blood;
Who paid on the cross for our pardon,
Redeemed us from sin unto God,
May one priceless answer be given
The longing that burdens my prayer;
That when I am with Thee in Heaven,
All, all whom I love may be there!
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