Gathering Home (Leslie)

They’re ga­th­er­ing home­ward from ev­ery land

One by one! one by one!

As their wea­ry feet touch the shin­ing strand

Yes

one by one!

They rest with the Sav­ior

they wait their crown

Their tra­vel-stained gar­ments are all laid down;

They wait the white rai­ment the Lord shall pre­pare

For all who the glo­ry with Him shall share.

Gathering home! ga­th­er­ing home!

Fording the riv­er one by one!

Gathering home

ga­ther­ing home

Yes

one by one!

Before they rest they pass thro’ the strife

One by one! one by one!

Thro’ the wa­ters of death they en­ter life

Yes

one by one!

To some are the floods of the riv­er still

As they ford on their way to the heav­en­ly hill;

The waves to oth­ers run fierce­ly and wild

Yet they reach the home of the un­de­filed.

We too must come to the riv­er­side

One by one! one by one!

We are near­er its wa­ters each ev­en­tide

Yes

one by one!

We can hear the noise of the dash­ing stream

Oft now and again

thro’ our life’s deep dream;

Sometimes the dark floods all the banks ov­er­flow

Sometimes in rip­ples and small waves go.

Oh

Je­sus

Re­deem­er

we look to Thee

One by one! one by one!

We lift up our voic­es trem­bling­ly

Yes

one by one!

The waves of the riv­er are dark and cold

But we know the place where our feet shall hold;

O Thou who didst pass thro’ the deep­est mid­night

Now guide us

and send us the staff and light.