Scripture Verse

When His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad…with exceeding joy. 1 Peter 4:13

Introduction

Words: H. B. Pi­per, in The Seed Sow­er (To­le­do, Ohio: Will­ard W. Whit­ney, 1897), num­ber 52.

Music: Au­gus­tus F. My­ers (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Pip­er’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or My­ers (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

When the King shall come in glo­ry,
I’ll be there,
And the bliss­ful home He pro­mised
I shall share;
Living on in pure de­light,
Clothed in Hea­ven’s spot­less white,
I shall sing re­demp­tion’s sto­ry
In that world so fair.

Refrain

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! I’ll be there!
And the glo­ry ev­er­last­ing I shall share,
While the heav’n­ly arch­es ring
With the prais­es of our king,
Oh, the joy to know that ev­er,
Ever I’ll be there.

When He comes with trum­pet sound­ing
Thro’ the air,
And with an­gel voices sing­ing
I’ll be there;
Earthly splen­dors fade away,
In the light of that blest day,
When with glo­ry bright sur­round­ed,
I the crown shall wear.

Refrain

When He calls me to those man­sions
All so fair,
When His glo­ri­ous robe of beau­ty
I shall wear,
Which He bought for you and me,
With His pre­cious blood so free,
Oh, the joy to know that ev­er,
Ever, we’ll be there.

Refrain