Only A Shadow Between

Words:
E. C. Baird
Music:
J. C. Blaker

Sheet music

  1. 1I have a home in a fair summer-land,Its beauties I never have seen, (have seen,)I have a place on an evergreen strand,There’s only a shadow between.Only a shadow, a shadow between,Only a shadow betweenOne step to go O the way’s all aglow,There’s only a shadow between. (between.)
  2. 2Jesus has promised a home to prepare,Thru faith on this promise I lean, (I lean,)I have a mansion that’s wondrously fair,There’s only a shadow between.Only a shadow, a shadow between,Only a shadow betweenOne step to go O the way’s all aglow,There’s only a shadow between. (between.)
  3. 3When I have finished my task here below,I pass thru this shadowy screen, (the screen,)Be with the ransomed forever I know,There’s only a shadow between.Only a shadow, a shadow between,Only a shadow betweenOne step to go O the way’s all aglow,There’s only a shadow between. (between.)

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1927, the words are in 19 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.

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