What Are They Doing in Heaven?

I am think­ing of friends

Whom I used to know

Who lived and suf­fered

In this world be­low;

They’ve gone up to Heav­en:

But I want to know

What are they do­ing now?

What are they do­ing in Heav­en to­day?

Where sin and sor­row are all done away

And peace abounds like a riv­er

they say;

O what are they do­ing there now?

There were some whose hearts

Were bur­dened with cares

They passed their mo­ments

In sigh­ing and tears

They clung to the cross

With trem­bling and fears

But what are they doing now?

There were some whose bo­dies

Were full of dis­ease

Medicine nor doc­tor

Could give them much ease;

They suf­fered till death

Brought fi­nal re­lease

But what are they do­ing now?

They were some who were poor

And oft­en des­pised;

They looked to Heav­en

Thro’ tear-blind­ed eyes.

While peo­ple were heed­less

And deaf to their cries;

But what are they do­ing now?