There'll Be No Dark Valley

Words:
William O. Cushing
Music:
Ira D. Sankey

Sheet music

  1. 1There’ll be no dark valley when Jesus comes,There’ll be no dark valley when Jesus comes;But the dead will rally when Jesus comesTo gather His loved ones home.To gather His love ones home, (safe home,)To gather His loved ones home; (safe home;)There’ll be no dark valley when Jesus comesTo gather His loved ones home.
  2. 2There’ll be no more sorrow when Jesus comes,There’ll be no more sorrow when Jesus comes;But a glorious morrow when Jesus comesTo gather His loved ones home.To gather His love ones home, (safe home,)To gather His loved ones home; (safe home;)There’ll be no dark valley when Jesus comesTo gather His loved ones home.
  3. 3There’ll be no more weeping when Jesus comes,There’ll be no more weeping when Jesus comes;But a blessed reaping when Jesus comesTo gather His loved ones home.To gather His love ones home, (safe home,)To gather His loved ones home; (safe home;)There’ll be no dark valley when Jesus comesTo gather His loved ones home.
  4. 4There’ll be songs of greeting when Jesus comes,There’ll be songs of greeting when Jesus comes;And a joyful meeting when Jesus comesTo gather His loved ones home.To gather His love ones home, (safe home,)To gather His loved ones home; (safe home;)There’ll be no dark valley when Jesus comesTo gather His loved ones home.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1896, the words are in 89 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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