The phrase "beckoning" resonates through 18 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
beckoning
...Eyes looking down from yon heavenly home,
Beautiful hands, they are beckoning, Come.
Beautiful hands, beckoning hands,...
Eyes looking down from yon heavenly home,
Beautiful hands, they are beckoning, Come.
Beautiful hands, beckoning hands,
...Cast off your weary load;
Angels are beckoning, beckoning,
All down the narrow road....
Cast off your weary load;
Angels are beckoning, beckoning,
All down the narrow road.
...Cometh a vision of beauty to me;
Angels are beckoning a-down from the dome,
Dearly beloved, O why longer roam?...
Cometh a vision of beauty to me;
Angels are beckoning a-down from the dome,
Dearly beloved, O why longer roam?
...Soon the darkness will be o’er.
No! I see a beckoning finger,
Guiding to a far-off shore....
Soon the darkness will be o’er.
No! I see a beckoning finger,
Guiding to a far-off shore.
...Sweet little darling, light of the home,
Looking for someone, beckoning, Come;
Bright as a sunbeam, pure as the dew,...
Sweet little darling, light of the home,
Looking for someone, beckoning, Come;
Bright as a sunbeam, pure as the dew,
...In love reaches out to the world below;
’Tis beckoning now to the souls that roam,
And pointing the way to the heav’nly home....
In love reaches out to the world below;
’Tis beckoning now to the souls that roam,
And pointing the way to the heav’nly home.
...Sweet little darling, light of the home,
Looking for someone, beckoning, Come;
Bright as a sunbeam, pure as the dew,...
Sweet little darling, light of the home,
Looking for someone, beckoning, Come;
Bright as a sunbeam, pure as the dew,
...I can almost see His glory,
And the beckoning of His hand.
Oh! the bliss, the joy of meeting...
I can almost see His glory,
And the beckoning of His hand.
Oh! the bliss, the joy of meeting
...O to sing the sweet story,
They are beckoning, Come!
They are waiting and watching for me....
O to sing the sweet story,
They are beckoning, Come!
They are waiting and watching for me.
...With angels climbing the golden stairs.
Behold a beckoning hand,
List to the angelic band,...
With angels climbing the golden stairs.
Behold a beckoning hand,
List to the angelic band,
...O to sing the sweet story,
They are beckoning, Come!
They are waiting and watching for me....
O to sing the sweet story,
They are beckoning, Come!
They are waiting and watching for me.
...Wrong’s bitter, cruel, scorching blight,
We see the beckoning vision flame,
The blessèd kingdom of the right....
Wrong’s bitter, cruel, scorching blight,
We see the beckoning vision flame,
The blessèd kingdom of the right.
...Do not longer linger on the verge of woe,
While the Lord is beckoning, gladly to Him go;
He will surely save you from the maze of sin;...
Do not longer linger on the verge of woe,
While the Lord is beckoning, gladly to Him go;
He will surely save you from the maze of sin;
...Oh! how precious unto me
Since I saw its gentle beckoning gleam!
I was bowing ’neath a load...
Oh! how precious unto me
Since I saw its gentle beckoning gleam!
I was bowing ’neath a load
...And know not the right from the wrong;
No beckoning fingers direct me,
No welcome floats to me in song;...
And know not the right from the wrong;
No beckoning fingers direct me,
No welcome floats to me in song;
...Moving before us in that blue,
And beckoning us afar.
A gleam of glory bright,...
Moving before us in that blue,
And beckoning us afar.
A gleam of glory bright,
...For by faith I see the strand,
Where the beckoning angels stand,
With a robe and crown for me,...
For by faith I see the strand,
Where the beckoning angels stand,
With a robe and crown for me,
...They come! they come! A little child
With beckoning hand, doth call;
They bend before the Undefiled—...
They come! they come! A little child
With beckoning hand, doth call;
They bend before the Undefiled—
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