Shadows

When we cross the val­ley

There need be no sha­dows

When life’s day is end­ed and its sor­rows o’er;

When the sum­mons comes to meet

The bless­èd Sav­ior

When we rise to dwell

With Him for­ev­er­more.

Shadows! no need of sha­dows

When at last we lay life’s bur­dens down;

Shadows! no need of sha­dows!

When at last we gain the vic­tor’s crown.

When our loved ones leave us

There need be no sha­dows

If their faith is fixed in Je­sus as their Lord;

For they go to be with Him

Who died to save them

To be with the One

Whom they have long ad­ored.

When He comes to meet us

There need be no sha­dows

When He comes in all His glo­ri­ous ar­ray;

When the trump of God shall sound

And loved ones wak­en

When He leads us on­ward

With tri­umph­ant sway.