Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

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 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?

You can pic­ture hap­py ga­ther­ings

Round the fire­side long ago

And you think of tear­ful part­ings

When they left you here be­low:

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?