WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN
SING THE WONDROUS LOVE OF JESUS,
SING HIS MERCY AND HIS GRACE.
IN THE MANSIONS BRIGHT AND BLESSED,
HE'LL PREPARE FOR US A PLACE.
WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN,
WHAT A DAY OF REJOICING THAT WILL BE!
WHEN WE ALL SEE JESUS,
WE'LL SING AND SHOUT THE VICTORY.
WHILE WE WALK THE PILGRIM PATHWAY,
CLOUDS WILL OVER-SPREAD THE SKY.
BUT WHEN TRAV'LING DAYS ARE OVER,
NOT A SHADOW, NOT A SIGH.
WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN,
WHAT A DAY OF REJOICING THAT WILL BE!
WHEN WE ALL SEE JESUS,
WE'LL SING AND SHOUT THE VICTORY.
LET US THEN BE TRUE AND FAITHFUL,
TRUSTING, SERVING EV'RY DAY.
JUST ONE GLIMPSE OF HIM IN GLORY,
WILL THE TOLLS OF LIFE REPAY.
WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN,
WHAT A DAY OF REJOICING THAT WILL BE!
WHEN WE ALL SEE JESUS,
WE'LL SING AND SHOUT THE VICTORY.
ONWARD TO THE PRIZE BEFORE US,
SOON HIS BEAUTY WE'LL BEHOLD.
SOON THE PEARLY GATES WILL OPEN,
WE SHALL TREAD THE STREETS OF GOLD.
WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN,
WHAT A DAY OF REJOICING THAT WILL BE!
WHEN WE ALL SEE JESUS,
WE'LL SING AND SHOUT THE VICTORY.
This page was last updated on: December 12, 2008
"WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN" WAS WRITTEN
IN 1898 BY ELIZA EDMUNDS HEWIIT.
SHE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER.
SHE WROTE THE SONG FOR HER STUDENTS.
SONGWRITER, EMILY DIVINE WILSON, WROTE THE MUSIC THAT SAME YEAR FOR MS. HEWIIT'S
BEAUTIFUL CREATION. THE SONG IS IN ALL
CHRISTIAN STANDARD HYMNALS.
