Scripture Verse

God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5

Introduction

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Lewis E. Jones
1865–1936

Words & Mu­sic: Lew­is E. Jones, 1903. Ap­peared in The Fin­est of the Wheat No. 3, ed­it­ed by George D. El­der­kin, Charles C. Mc­Cabe, Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick, Hen­ry L. Gil­mour & Frank­lin A. Har­din (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: George D. El­der­kin, 1904), num­ber 40 (🔊 pdf nwc). Some hym­nals show the ly­ri­cist as Ed­gar Lew­is, one of Jones’ pseu­do­nyms.

Lyrics

Tho’ dark the path my feet may tread,
It is a joy to know
There’ll be no sha­dows
On the oth­er side;
We should not fear the wild­est storm,
But sing as on we go,
There’ll be no sha­dows
On the oth­er side.

Refrain

There’ll be no sha­dows, no sha­dows,
Jesus is the sun­shine of that land so fair;
There’ll be no sha­dows, no sha­dows,
Pain and death can ne­ver enter there.

Life’s bright­est day may have its clouds,
But still our hearts should sing,
There’ll be no sha­dows
On the other side;
’Twill not be long till cares are o’er
And we are with the King;
There’ll be no sha­dows
On the other side.

Refrain

We’re march­ing home­ward to a land
Where wea­ry feet may rest;
There’ll be no sha­dows
On the oth­er side;
No pain or sor­row e’er can touch
The re­gions of the blest;
There’ll be no sha­dows
On the oth­er side.

Refrain