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Gathering Home 33
Tune: Thomas Jefferson Allen, 1902
Alto: Maud Lee Allen, 1902
Lyrics: Isaac Watts, 1707 (1st Verse); Gurdon Robins, 1843 (2nd Verse)
Meter: Long Meter Half (8,8)
There is a land of pure delight,
Where we shall be gathered home;
Infinite day excludes the night,
Where we shall be gathered home.
Chorus:
Where we shall be gathered home,
To meet with the Savior there,
And all the sainted, blood-washed throng,
Where we shall be gathered home.
Its skies are not like earthly skies,
Where we shall be gathered home;
It hath no need of sun to rise,
Where we shall be gathered home.
(Chorus)
Thomas Jefferson Allen (1853-1948) composed this song in collaboration with his daughter, Maud Lee Allen (1888-1965).