There are loved ones in the glory
Whose dear forms you often miss
When you close your earthly story
Will you join them in their bliss?
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, by and by?
In a better home awaiting
In the sky, in the sky?
In the joyous days of childhood
Oft they told of wondrous love
Pointed to the dying Savior
Now they dwell with Him above
You can picture happy gatherings
Round the fireside long ago
And you think of tearful partings
When they left you here below
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One by one their seats were emptied
One by one they went away
Here the circle has been broken
Will it be complete one day?
Alternate verse:
You remember songs of heaven
Which you sang with childish voice
Do you love the hymns they taught you
Or are songs of earth your choice?
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