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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 8, 1874

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 44, No. 12.

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BEYOND

Beyond life's toils and cares, Its hopes and joys, its weariness and sorrow, Its sleepless nights, its days of smiles and tears, Will be a long sweet life, unmarked by years, One bright, unending morrow!
Beyond time's troubled stream, Beyond the chilling waves of death's dark river, Beyond life's lowering clouds and fitful gleams, Its dark realities and brighter dreams, A beautiful forever.
No aching hearts are there, No tear-dimmed eye, no form by sickness wasted, No cheek grown pale through penury or care, No spirits crushed beneath the woes they bear, No sighs for bliss untasted.
No sad farewell is heard, No lonely wail for loving ones departed, No dark remorse is there o'er memories stirred, No smile of scorn, no harsh or cruel word To grieve the broken-hearted.
No long, dark night is there, No light from sun or silvery moon is given, But Christ, the Lamb of God, all bright and fair, Illumes the city with effulgence rare, The glorious light of Heaven!
No mortal eye hath seen The glories of that land beyond the river, Its crystal lakes, its fields of living green, Its fadeless flowers and the unchanging sheen, Around the throne forever.
Ear hath not heard the song Of rapturous praise within that shining portal; No heart of man hath dreamed what joys belong To that redeemed and happy blood-washed throng, All glorious and immortal.