We often grow weary, and lonely, and sad

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We often grow weary, and lonely, and sad

Author: Lida Shivers Leech
Tune: [We often grow weary, and lonely, and sad]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 We often grow weary, and lonely, and sad,
The sky with clouds is o’ercast,
But all will be beauty, and gladness and love,
When the veil is lifted at last.

Refrain:
When the veil is lifted at last!
And the storms of life are all past;
I’ll dwell evermore, on eternity’s shore,
When the veil is lifted at last.

2 How the jewels now hid from our weak mortal sight,
Oft won with tears falling fast,
Will shine in each crown in yon heaven’s pure light,
When the veil is lifted at last. [Refrain]

3 I shall meet my Redeemer, my Saviour, my King,
My dear ones and friends of the past;
In that beautiful city, where cometh no night,
When the veil is lifted at last. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #11

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Author: Lida Shivers Leech

Born: July 12, 1873, Mayville, New Jersey. Died: March 4, 1962, Long Beach, California. Leech spent her childhood in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, and attended Columbia University and Temple University. She played the organ at Bethany Methodist Church in Camden, New Jersey, served as accompanist at evangelical services, and wrote some 500 hymn tunes in her lifetime. Sources-- Emurian, pp. 112-3 Reynolds, p. 336 Lyrics-- God’s Way Is Best I Have Redeemed Thee I’ll Go Anywhere No Fault in Him Some Day He’ll Make It Plain Thine for Service Trust Me, Try Me, Prove Me © 1928 When the Veil is Lifte… Go to person page >

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