The phrase "gathering" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...Up to the bountiful Giver of life,
Gathering home! gathering home!
Up to the dwelling where cometh no strife,...
Up to the bountiful Giver of life,
Gathering home! gathering home!
Up to the dwelling where cometh no strife,
...He shall call His people home,
What a gathering of the ransomed that will be!
What a gathering, what a gathering,...
He shall call His people home,
What a gathering of the ransomed that will be!
What a gathering, what a gathering,
...From mortal sight away.
We’re gathering, we’re gathering,
On life’s celestial shore;...
From mortal sight away.
We’re gathering, we’re gathering,
On life’s celestial shore;
...One by one we’ll all be gathered home.
Gathering, gathering,
One by one we’ll all be gathered home;...
One by one we’ll all be gathered home.
Gathering, gathering,
One by one we’ll all be gathered home;
...One by one we’ll all be gathered home.
Gathering, gathering,
One by one we’ll all be gathered home;...
One by one we’ll all be gathered home.
Gathering, gathering,
One by one we’ll all be gathered home;
...Seeking for thy home again,
Through the gathering mists that rise,
Veiling thy natal skies;...
Seeking for thy home again,
Through the gathering mists that rise,
Veiling thy natal skies;
...Signs in the weal and woe
Of Israel gathering home,
Signs in the truth revealed and preached,...
Signs in the weal and woe
Of Israel gathering home,
Signs in the truth revealed and preached,
...The daylight fades, the evening shades
Are gathering round my head;
Father above, I praise that love...
The daylight fades, the evening shades
Are gathering round my head;
Father above, I praise that love
...The Lamb’s great wedding day;
The guests are gathering to the feast;
How bright the new array!...
The Lamb’s great wedding day;
The guests are gathering to the feast;
How bright the new array!
...We saw Thy love depart.
But though the gathering gloom may hide
Those gentle rays awhile,...
We saw Thy love depart.
But though the gathering gloom may hide
Those gentle rays awhile,
...In the dark and cloudy day.
Shades of death are gathering o’er them,
Lord, they perish from Thy sight!...
In the dark and cloudy day.
Shades of death are gathering o’er them,
Lord, they perish from Thy sight!
...Will your sheaves be many? Will you garner any
For the gathering at the harvest home?
Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, sister,...
Will your sheaves be many? Will you garner any
For the gathering at the harvest home?
Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom, sister,
...Softly and tenderly Jesus hath called him
Home, where the ransomed are gathering today.
Silently, peacefully, angels have borne him,...
Softly and tenderly Jesus hath called him
Home, where the ransomed are gathering today.
Silently, peacefully, angels have borne him,
...For under its shadow is rest.
Concealed by the gathering darkness,
Are breakers of sin just at hand;...
For under its shadow is rest.
Concealed by the gathering darkness,
Are breakers of sin just at hand;
...start
Our friends are gathering, one by one,
To meet the blessèd Lord;...
start
Our friends are gathering, one by one,
To meet the blessèd Lord;
...Full reward to you I’ll give;
At the gathering shades of night,
Wages you’ll receive....
Full reward to you I’ll give;
At the gathering shades of night,
Wages you’ll receive.
...Our guide over life’s troubled sea;
Our pillar of fire thro’ the gathering night,
That leads, blessèd Savior, to Thee....
Our guide over life’s troubled sea;
Our pillar of fire thro’ the gathering night,
That leads, blessèd Savior, to Thee.
...Our Savior’s image wearing.
What, though earth’s gathering tempests lower,
And ages pass in sadness?...
Our Savior’s image wearing.
What, though earth’s gathering tempests lower,
And ages pass in sadness?
...Friends then laid Him in the tomb,
Midst the evening’s gathering gloom;
In the night’s lone silence gray,...
Friends then laid Him in the tomb,
Midst the evening’s gathering gloom;
In the night’s lone silence gray,
...Let my life be hid in Thee,
When my foes are gathering round;
Covered with Thy panoply,...
Let my life be hid in Thee,
When my foes are gathering round;
Covered with Thy panoply,
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