The righteous [will] shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
Matthew 13:43
Words: Jarrette E. Aycock, in Songs of Full Salvation, edited by Haldor Lillenas (Indianapolis, Indiana: Lillenas Publishing, 1924), number 49.
Music: Dell Aycock (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Jarrette Aycock (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
When our Lord returns to take us
To our mansions in the sky,
We shall rise and shine;
We shall rise to life eternal,
Nevermore to sin or die.
We shall rise and shine.
Refrain
We shall rise, we shall shine,
We shall shine with Him in glory by and by;
When the bonds of death are broken,
We shall meet Him in the sky;
We shall rise and shine.
Prison bars of death can’t hold us
When our Savior comes again,
We shall rise and shine,
From the grave we’ll rise triumphant,
And with Christ we’ll meet and reign,
We shall rise and shine.
Refrain
With our loved ones gone before us,
We’ll assemble ’round the throne,
Where we’ll shine and shine.
There we’ll shout and praise our Savior,
Who redeemed us for His own.
We shall shine and shine.
Refrain