[Music]
Children of the heavenly King,
Till the warfare is ended, hallelujah!
As ye journey sweetly sing,
Till the warfare is ended, hallelujah!
Shout glory, children,
Till the warfare is ended, hallelujah!
Sing your Savior's worthy praise, Till _etc._
Glorious in his works and ways, Till _etc._
We are travelling home to God
In the way the fathers trod.
They are happy now, and we
Soon their happiness shall see.
O ye banished seed, be glad!
Christ our advocate is made.
Us to save, our flesh assumes,
Brother to our souls becomes.
Shout, ye little flock, and blest
You on Jesus' throne shall rest.
There your seat is now prepared,
There your kingdom and reward.
Fear not, brethren; joyful stand
On the borders of your land.
Christ, your Father's darling son,
Bids you undismayed go on.
Lord, submissive make us go,
Gladly leaving all below.
Only thou our leader be,
And we still will follow thee.
See 'Till the Warfare is Over', OSH 76, for melodic and textual
relationships.
No. 244
GENERAL ROLL CALL, REV 356
Pentatonic, mode 2 with cadentially raised seventh (I -- 3 IV V --
VII)
[Music]
If you get there before I do,
When the gen'ral roll is call'd
We'll be there;
Look out for me I'm coming too,
When the gen'ral roll is call'd
We'll be there.
We'll be there, we'll be there, we'll be there,
When the gen'ral roll is call'd we'll be there.
We're pressing on to Canaan's land,
We'll join the blood-wash'd pilgrim band.
Then we'll go up the shining way,
And praise the Lord through endless day.
The tune is attributed, in the _Revivalist_, to J. Baker. Two negro
spirituals based melodically and textually on this song are in Dett,
pp. 121 and 166.
No. 245
SHOUTING PILGRIM, SWP 163