Communion of Saints
When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
- Words:
- James Milton Black, 1893.
- Music:
- 'When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder' James Milton Black, 1893.
- Setting:
- Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, 1893.
- Metre:
- 15 11 15 11 8 8 8 11
- 1When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more,And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair;When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore,And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.When the roll is called up yonder,When the roll is called up yonder,When the roll is called up yonder,When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.
- 2On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise,And the glory of His resurrection share;When His chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies,And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.When the roll is called up yonder,When the roll is called up yonder,When the roll is called up yonder,When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.
- 3Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun,Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care;Then when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done,And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.When the roll is called up yonder,When the roll is called up yonder,When the roll is called up yonder,When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1893, the words are in 558 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder, is in 3 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is 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.