Timeless Truths ‎#777

777. Will the Circle Be Unbroken

1 There are loved ones in the glory,
Whose dear forms you often miss;
When you close your earthly story,
Will you join them in their bliss?

Refrain:
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, by and by?
In a better home awaiting
In the sky, in the sky?

2 In the joyous days of childhood,
Oft they told of wondrous love,
Pointed to the dying Savior;
Now they dwell with Him above. [Refrain]

3 You remember songs of heaven
Which you sang with childish voice,
Do you love the hymns they taught you,
Or are songs of earth your choice? [Refrain]

4 You can picture happy gath’rings
’Round the fireside long ago,
And you think of tearful partings,
When they left you here below. [Refrain]

5 One by one their seats were emptied,
One by one they went away;
Here the circle has been broken—
Will it be complete one day? [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: There are loved ones in the glory
• Title: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
• Author: Ada R. Habershon (1907)
• Refrain First Line: Will the circle be unbroken
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 R
• Scripture:
  Matthew 22:32
• Topic: Examination
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Will_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/w/i/willthec.htm)

Tune Information

• Name: [There are loved ones in the glory]
• Composer: Charles H. Gabriel
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 R
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Will_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/w/i/willthec.htm)