We found "the bar" used in 9 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
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Beyond the bar on yonder shore,
Across life’s troubled sea,...
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Beyond the bar on yonder shore,
Across life’s troubled sea,
...Gleams on the slumbering sea;
And far away, across the bar,
Comes one clear call to me....
Gleams on the slumbering sea;
And far away, across the bar,
Comes one clear call to me.
...Oh, my soul, art thou ready to appear
At the bar, when the judgment day is here?
With no counsel at thy side,...
Oh, my soul, art thou ready to appear
At the bar, when the judgment day is here?
With no counsel at thy side,
...And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea....
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea.
...With spreading sail and favoring gale
She’s sailing o’er the bar.
She’s coming in, coming in,...
With spreading sail and favoring gale
She’s sailing o’er the bar.
She’s coming in, coming in,
...He robbed the grave of victory,
He broke the bars of death,
He broke the bars of death....
He robbed the grave of victory,
He broke the bars of death,
He broke the bars of death.
...For our captain has broken the brazen gates,
And burst the bars of iron,
And burst the bars of iron....
For our captain has broken the brazen gates,
And burst the bars of iron,
And burst the bars of iron.
...Oh death, where is thy sting!
Despite the grave, despite the bar,
In triumph He hath flown....
Oh death, where is thy sting!
Despite the grave, despite the bar,
In triumph He hath flown.
...Jesus is gone up on high!
Burst the bars of death asunder;
Angels shout, and men reply:...
Jesus is gone up on high!
Burst the bars of death asunder;
Angels shout, and men reply:
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