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Text: | Beautiful, Beckoning Hands |
Tune: | [Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight] |
Arranger: | J. H. Hall |
1 Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight,
Faces all shining with radiant light,
Eyes looking down from yon heavenly throne,
Beautiful hands they are beckoning “come.”
Refrain:
Beautiful hands, beckoning hands,
Calling the dear ones to heavenly lands;
Beautiful hands, beckoning hands,
Beautiful, beautiful, beckoning hands.
2 Beckoning hands of a mother whose love
Sacrificed life, its devotion to prove;
Hands of a father to memory dear,
Beck’ning up higher the waiting ones here. [Refrain]
3 Beautiful hands of a little one, see,
Baby voice calling, oh, mother, to thee,
Rosy cheeked darling, the light of the home,
Taken so early is beckoning “come.” [Refrain]
4 Beckoning hands of a husband or wife,
Waiting and watching the loved one of life;
Hands of a brother, a sister, or friend,
Out from the gateway tonight they extend. [Refrain]
5 Brightest and best of that glorious throng,
Center of all and the theme of my song;
Jesus, our Saviour, the pierced One stands,
Lovingly calling with beckoning hands. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight |
Title: | Beautiful, Beckoning Hands |
Refrain First Line: | Beautiful hands, beckoning hands |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1904 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Beautiful hands at the gateway tonight] |
Arranger: | J. H. Hall |