The Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces.
Isaiah 25:8
Words: Augusta L. Cummings, in Life Songs, edited by Samuel F. Coffman & John D. Brunk (Scottdale, Pennsylvania: Mennonite Publishing House, 1916), number 84.
Music: Phetchaburi James R. Murray, 1876 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Cummings (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
No tears in Heav’n; assurance sweet
To hearts with sorrow worn;
Our happiness is there complete,
Without one cause to mourn.
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No tears in Heav’n, no tears in Heav’n
No shade nor sorrow there;
O Princely Bowers, O Land of Flowers
Jerusalem the Fair.
No tears in Heav’n; O troubled soul,
The Savior wept when here;
He knows how waves of anguish roll
To wring each bitter tear.
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No tears in Heav’n; no vain regret
O’er quick besetting sin;
Jesus hath wiped away our debt,
And giv’n us Heav’n to win.
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No tears in Heav’n; no parting there
From those we dearly love;
Death, anguished hearts, and deep despair,
Reach not our home above.
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