One by One (Wallace)

One by one God’s faith­ful work­ers

Yield their bo­dies to the foe;

One by one our ranks are thin­ning

Where’s the end but God doth know;

But

look up! my soul

de­spond not

Signs ful­fill in earth and sky!

Lift thy head

re­joice! take cour­age!

Thy re­demp­tion draw­eth nigh!

Of this truth now be per­suad­ed:

He who loved us

loves us still;

When we pa­tient­ly have wait­ed

Faithfully have done His will;

Then will op­en wide the por­tal

To the man­sions bright and fair

And He’ll bid us life im­mor­tal

With our pre­cious loved ones share.

Then our toil will be for­got­ten

All our pain­ful vi­gils past;

Times when Sa­tan al­most con­quered

Nevermore their sha­dows cast;

For He’s com­ing! Prince of Glo­ry!

Coming! vic­to­ry to give!

Ring it out! the rap­tur­ous sto­ry!

Life eter­nal! Saints shall live!

Death no more can claim God’s peo­ple—

Graves no more hide from our sight

Those we’ve loved

es­teemed and hon­ored—

Those who’ve helped us in the fight.

Praise the name of our Re­deem­er!

Soon the saved be­neath the sod

Will

with us

sing al­le­lu­ias

In the pre­sence of our God!