Scripture Verse

Lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh. Luke 21:28

Introduction

Words: An­na H. C. How­ard, in The Wells of Sal­va­tion, ed­it­ed by John Swe­ney & Will­iam. J. Kirk­patrick (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1881), num­ber 56.

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of How­ard (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
John Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

There will be no sin nor pain
By and by, by and by;
All that’s dark will be made plain
By and by, by and by;
For the Lord will come again,
Oh, how glo­ri­ous His reign!
Like the sun­shine af­ter rain,
By and by, by and by.

Refrain

By and by, by and by,
With our loved ones we shall meet,
And the story oft re­peat,
Cast our crowns at Je­sus’ feet,
By and by, by and by.

Then life’s les­sons we shall learn
By and by, by and by;
Jesus’ words we shall dis­cern
By and by, by and by;
He will ban­ish ev­ery sigh,
Let us lift our heads on high;
Our re­demp­tion draw­eth nigh,
By and by, by and by.

Refrain

We shall see Him eye to eye
By and by, by and by;
We shall meet Him in the sky
By and by, by and by;
We shall hear His ten­der tone,
We shall be no more alone;
He is com­ing to His own
By and by, by and by.

Refrain