There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away.
Revelation 21:4
Words: Francis M. Knollis, in Lays of the Sanctuary and Other Poems, edited by G. Stevenson de M. Rutherford, 1859.
Music: Trentham Robert Jackson, in Fifty Sacred Leaflets, 1888 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Alternate Tune:
If you know where to get a good picture of Knollis (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
There is no night in Heaven;
In that blest world above
Work never can bring weariness,
For work itself is love.
There is no grief in Heaven;
For life is one glad day;
And tears are of those former things
Which all have passed away.
There is no sin in Heaven;
Behold that blessèd throng:
All holy is their spotless robe,
All holy is their song!
There is no death in Heaven;
For they who gain that shore
Have won their immortality,
And they can die no more.
Lord Jesus, be our guide;
O lead us safely on,
Till night and grief and sin and death
Are past, and Heaven is won!