By And By
- Words:
- R. M. McIntosh
- Music:
- R. M. McIntosh
Sheet music
- 1It may be far, it may be near,There is a hope, there is a fear,But in the future waiting IShall Jesus see, yes, “by and by.”By and by, yes, by and by,By By and by, yes, by and by;But in the future waiting IShall Jesus see, yes, “by and by.”
- 2Impatient soul, and murm’ring heart,Your murm’ring cease and bear your partOf pain and labor on life’s road,For soon ‘twill lead thee to thy God.By and by, yes, by and by,By By and by, yes, by and by;Of pain and labor on life’s road,For soon ‘twill lead thee to thy God.
- 3O verdant fields! O shining shore!The Lamb of God spreads wide the door;Ah, golden city, surely IShall see your glories “by and by.”By and by, yes, by and by,By By and by, yes, by and by;Ah, golden city, surely IShall see your glories “by and by.”
In the hymnals
- The words are in 37 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.