Scripture Verse

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. Revelation 21:23

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, 1876.

Music: Bent­ley D. Ack­ley, 1915 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Bentley D. Ackley (1872–1958)

Lyrics

We shall all clasp hands in glo­ry by and by;
We shall tell re­demp­tion’s sto­ry by and by;
When the voy­age of life is past
We shall reach the port at last,
And our an­chor safe­ly cast by and by.

Refrain

By and by, by and by,
We shall all clasp hands in glo­ry by and by.
We shall see our Sav­ior’s face,
And adore His won­drous grace,
We shall feel His fond em­brace by and by.

We shall wake no more to sor­row by and by;
In the smile of end­less mor­row by and by;
Where our faith is lost in sight,
Where the Sav­ior is the light,
We shall walk with Him in white by and by.

Refrain

We shall cross the si­lent ri­ver by and by;
We shall rest and dwell to­ge­ther by and by;
Palms of vic­to­ry we shall bear
In that cloud­less re­gion fair,
And we’ll know each oth­er there by and by.

Refrain

We shall join the an­gel cho­rus by and by,
With the dear ones gone be­fore us by and by;
In that realm of per­fect day,
Where the sil­ver foun­tains play,
God will wipe all tears away by and by.

Refrain