We have our trials here below

1 We have our trials here below;
O, glory, hallelujah!
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There's a better day coming, hallelujah!
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2 A few more beating winds and rains,
O, glory, hallelujah!
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And winter will be over, hallelujah!
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3 A few more rising and setting suns,
O, glory, hallelujah!
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And we'll all cross over Jordan, hallelujah!
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4 I feel no ways like getting tired,
O, glory, hallelujah!
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I am making for the harbor, hallelujah!
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5 I hope to get there by and by,
O, glory, hallelujah!
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For my home is over Jordan, hallelujah!
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6 I have some friends before me gone,
O, glory, hallelujah!
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By and by I'll go and meet them, hallelujah!
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7 I'll meet them round our Father's throne,
O, glory, hallelujah!
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And we'll live with God forever, hallelujah!
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8 O! how it lifts my soul to think,
O, glory, hallelujah!
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Of soon meeting in the kingdom, hallelujah!
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9 Our God will wipe all tears away,
O, glory, hallelujah!
(Repeat previous 2 lines).
When we all arrive at Canaan, hallelujah!
(Repeat previous line).

The Southern Harmony, 1835

• MIDI file from The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #323