Introduction
Words: Fanny Crosby, in Winning Songs, by John Sweney, William J. Kirkpatrick, & Henry L. Gilmour (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1892).
Music: John R. Sweney (🔊 pdf nwc).
Let the house of Thy servant be blessed for ever.
2 Samuel 7:29
Words: Fanny Crosby, in Winning Songs, by John Sweney, William J. Kirkpatrick, & Henry L. Gilmour (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1892).
Music: John R. Sweney (🔊 pdf nwc).
Only a little while,
Sowing and reaping,
Only a little while,
Our vigil keeping;
Then we shall gather home,
No more to sever,
Clasped in eternal love,
Best, blest forever.
Refrain
Blest, blest forever,
No more to sever,
Clasped in eternal love,
Blest, blest forever.
Only a little while,
Heartbreak and sorrow,
Dark though the night may be,
Cloudless the morrow;
Only a little while
Earth ties to sever,
Then in our Father land,
Blest, blest forever.
Refrain
Only a little while,
Shadow and sadness,
Then in eternity
Sunshine and gladness;
Only a little while,
Then o’er the river,
Home, rest and victor palm,
Life, joy forever.
Refrain