By and By (Rexford)

By and by we shall know Je­sus

By and by

oh

by and by;

Even now He looks and sees us

Journeying to­ward His home on high.

And He smiles up­on us

say­ing

By and by

oh

by and by

Cares and tri­als you’ll be lay­ing

With your earth­ly gar­ments by.

Oh by and by

oh sing it soft­ly

Thinking not of earth­ly care

But the by and by of Heav­en

Waiting for us ov­er there.

By and by we shall be stand­ing

By and by

oh

by and by

At fair Heav­en’s shin­ing land­ing

While the riv­er mur­murs by

And our friends will round us ga­ther

By and by

oh

by and by

Saying Wel­come

for the Fa­ther

Loves to have His child­ren nigh.

By and by! we say it gent­ly

Looking on our peace­ful dead

And we do not think of earth life

But of Heav­en’s sweet life in­stead.

By and by we all shall ga­ther

By and by

oh

by and by

In the life of God our Fa­ther

That shall know no by and by.