Let Us Pass Over The River
- Words:
- Kate Cameron
- Music:
- R. M. McIntosh
Sheet music
- 1When our work is ended, we shall sweetly rest,‘Mid the sainted spirits, safe on Jesus’ breast;All our trials over, we shall gladly sing,Grave! where is thy vict’ry?Death! where is thy sting?Tho’ the dark waves roll high we will be undismayed,“Let us pass over the river,And rest under the shade, rest under the shade,Rest under the shade of the trees.”
- 2Earth hath many sorrows, but they cannot last,And our greatest troubles quickly will be past;If we look to Jesus,He will give us strength;By His grace we shall be conquerors at length.Tho’ the dark waves roll high we will be undismayed,“Let us pass over the river,And rest under the shade, rest under the shade,Rest under the shade of the trees.”
- 3When the storm is over, sweet will be the calm,After life’s long battle, bright the victor’s palm;And the cross of anguish which now weighs us down,We’ll exchange in heaven for a shining crown.Tho’ the dark waves roll high we will be undismayed,“Let us pass over the river,And rest under the shade, rest under the shade,Rest under the shade of the trees.”
In the hymnals
- The words are in 30 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.