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Text:Longing
Author:Marguerite Aythelda Bixler
Tune:[Over the river voices I hear]
Composer:Marguerite Aythelda Bixler

8428. Longing

1 Over the river voices I hear;
Sweet are the songs they’re singing to me;
Calling me homeward in glory to be,
O how I’m longing their faces to see!

Refrain:
I’m longing to meet them,
Longing to greet them,
Longing to join in praise unto Thee;
O loving Savior, acquainted with sorrow,
Haste the glad day when united we’ll be.

2 Over the river mansions I see;
All are aglow with new radiancy;
Glorified ones who from sorrow are free,
In bliss and beauty forever will be. [Refrain]

3 Over the river, when shall it be?
When shall I hear, "The Master calls thee"?
Calls thee to enter His mansions above,
Mansions of glory, of service, of love. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Over the river voices I hear
Title: Longing
Author: Marguerite Aythelda Bixler (1906)
Refrain First Line: I’m longing to meet them
Language: English
Source: Song Praises by George B. Holsinger (Elgin, IL: Brethren Publishing House, 1906)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Over the river voices I hear]
Composer: Marguerite Aythelda Bixler
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Song Praises by George B. Holsinger (Elgin, IL: Brethren Publishing House, 1906)
Copyright: Public Domain



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