Memories of Earth

When we reach our Fa­ther’s dwell­ing

On the strong eter­nal hills

And our praise to Him is swell­ing

Who the vast cre­ation fills

Shall we then re­call the sad­ness

And the clouds that hung so dim

When our hearts were turned from hard­ness

And our feet from paths of sin?

Yes

we sure­ly shall re­mem­ber

And His grace we’ll free­ly own

For the love so strong and ten­der

That re­deemed and brought us home.

When the paths of pray­er and du­ty

And af­flict­ion all are trod

And we wake and see the beau­ty

Of our Sav­ior and our God

Shall we then recall the sto­ry

Of our mor­tal griefs and tears

When on earth we sought the glo­ry

Wrestling oft with doubts and fears?

And the way by which He brought us

All the griev­ings that He bore

All the pa­tient love that taught us

We’ll re­mem­ber ev­er­more

And His rest will be the dear­er

As we think of wea­ry ways

And His light will be the clear­er

As we muse on cloudy days.