CHRISTIAN LIFE >> PILGRIMAGE
SDAH 633
Sing the wondrous love of Jesus;
Sing his mercy and his grace.
In the mansions bright and blessed
He’ll prepare for us a place.
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Text
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Sing the wondrous love of Jesus;
Sing his mercy and his grace.
In the mansions bright and blessed
He’ll prepare for us a place.
Refrain
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We’ll sing and shout the victory!
2
While we walk the pilgrim pathway,
Clouds will overspread the sky;
But when traveling days are over,
Not a shadow, not a sigh.
3
Let us then be true and faithful,
Trusting, serving every day;
Just one glimpse of him in glory
Will the toils of life repay.
4
Onward to the prize before us!
Soon his beauty we’ll behold;
Soon the pearly gates will open;
We shall tread the streets of gold.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) John 14:2 (d) Phil 3:14
Author
Eliza E. Hewitt (1851-1920)
Metrical Number
8.7.8.7.Ref.
Composer
Emily D. Wilson (1865-1942)
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Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1851-1920; Biographies) Presbyterian Sunday school worker in Philadelphia. She suffered from a spinal disease, and was an invalid for a long period of her life. She often attended the camp meeting at Ocean Grove, New Jersey, where she met the composer, Emily D. Wilson. Another successful composer of the time, William J. Kirkpatrick (see Biographies), who set some of her poems to music, first published this one in Pentecostal Praises, 1898, and from there it was used in many of the gospel songbooks.
Emily Divine Wilson, born May 24, 1865, in Philadelphia to an Irish father and an English mother, became the wife of John G. Wilson, district superintendent of the Methodist Philadelphia Conference and later pastor of the Wharton Memorial Methodist Church. She was a gifted musician, and regularly gave of her talents at the Ocean Grove, New Jersey, summer camp meeting, where she met and collaborated with Eliza Hewitt on this song. A note in the Philadelphia Conference Minutes by Leon T. Moore tells about her work: “Mrs. Wilson was the acknowledged inspiration of her esteemed husband. She was beloved by the congregations of the churches served. Her musical ability was a great contribution to the work of the local church, together with her ability in dramatic art.”
Her original music was in the key of C and had a repetition of both of the “when we all” phrases in the refrain. She died June 23, 1942.
📖 Reference: Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal by Wayne Hooper and Edward E. White. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
