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In this world there are burdens we must bear

Author: Alfred Barratt
Tune: [In this world there are burdens we must bear]
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1 In this world there are burdens we must bear,
And our eyes are made wet and dim with tears;
There’s no grief, neither sorrow over there,
In that land where there are no days nor years.

Refrain:
In that land where there are no days nor years,
Neither sorrow nor anguish or tears;
We shall dwell there in peace and our joys ne’er shall cease,
In that land where there are no days nor years.

2 Tho’ we toil, oft our labor seems in vain,
We have faith tho’ no fruit our vision cheers;
But the Lord will all mystery make plain,
In that land where there are no days nor years. [Refrain]

3 So we smile as we labor day by day,
And forget all our sorrows, griefs and fears;
For when all earthly things have passed away,
We shall dwell where there are no days nor years. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #183

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Author: Alfred Barratt

Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College. On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,… Go to person page >

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