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Text:The Heavenly Summerland
Author:Alice Jean Cleator
Tune:[Beyond the sunset gates of gold]
Composer:J. Howard Entwisle

37. The Heavenly Summerland

1 Beyond the sunset gates of gold,
Beyond the ocean’s gleaming strand,
There is a land of joy untold—
A Heav’nly Summerland!

Refrain:
O Summerland of joy and light,
Beyond the shadows of the night!
No storms shall sweep thy golden strand,
O Heav’nly Summerland!

2 O fadeless are the flow’rs that bloom
Upon that bright and happy shore;
There is no sorrow, pain nor gloom
But joy forevermore! [Refrain]

3 Within that happy home on high,
Long severed friends clasp hand with hand,
And none shall ever say goodbye,
In Heaven’s Summerland! [Refrain]

4 We shall behold the Saviour’s face,
As ‘round the great white throne we stand,
And share the wonders of His grace,
In Heaven’s Summerland! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Beyond the sunset gates of gold
Title: The Heavenly Summerland
Author: Alice Jean Cleator
Refrain First Line: O Summerland of joy and light
Language: English
Publication Date: 1901
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Beyond the sunset gates of gold]
Composer: J. Howard Entwisle
Notes: Public Domain.



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