Scripture Verse

A Sabbath rest remains for God’s people. Hebrews 4:9

Introduction

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William W. Slater (1885–1959)

Words: Val­lie Ward, in Song Crown, by Aus­tin Tay­lor et al. (Aus­tin, Tex­as: Firm Foun­da­tion Pub­lish­ing, 1912), num­ber 124.

Music: Will­iam W. Slat­er (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ward (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Slat­er,

Lyrics

I have start­ed on my jour­ney
To that bet­ter land above,
Hallelujah! in that morn­ing I’ll be there;
I am walk­ing with my Sav­ior,
Singing of His won­drous love,
Hallelujah! in the morn­ing I’ll be there.

Refrain

I’ll be there, yes, I’ll be there,
When that morn­ing breaks eter­nal, bright and fair;
Come and go with me to glo­ry
Where we’ll rest for­ev­er­more,
Hallelujah! in that morn­ing I’ll be there.

If I trust my pre­cious Sav­ior
And His bless­èd word ob­ey,
Hallelujah! in that morn­ing I’ll be there;
He has pro­mised to be with me
And to lead me all the way,
Hallelujah! in that morn­ing I’ll be there.

Refrain

Then when this short life is ov­er
And my work on earth is done,
Hallelujah! in that morn­ing I’ll be there;
I will en­ter life eter­nal
There to wear a shin­ing crown,
Hallelujah! in that morn­ing I’ll be there.

Refrain

Come and go with me, dear bro­ther,
To that bless­èd home above,
Hallelujah! in that morn­ing I’ll be there;
There we’ll meet our bless­èd Sav­ior
And all those we used to know,
Hallelujah! in that morn­ing I’ll be there.

Refrain