We Shall Know Each Other There (Pearson)

When a few more years are blend­ed

With the years that are no more

When life’s hopes and fears are end­ed

And the boat­man bears us o’er

We shall dwell in peace for­ev­er

In a home more bright and fair

When we meet be­yond the riv­er

We shall know each oth­er there.

When we meet the loved and lost ones

Those we part­ed from in tears

When we meet where life glides on­ward

Undisturbed by hopes and fears

Where the songs of joy are nev­er

Hushed by hours of pain and care

Where friends meet no more to sev­er

We shall know each oth­er there.

Where love

like a migh­ty riv­er

Fills each soul with pure de­light

Where no flow’r shall droop and wi­ther

In the gloom of death’s dark night;

When for us life’s days are end­ed

Clothed in forms su­preme­ly fair

We shall meet and rest for­ev­er

And shall know each oth­er there.