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You'll Wish You Were One of Us By and By
It may not seem welcome now, At the cross of Christ to bow, But you'll wish you were one of us by and by; When the Savior comes to claim ,Those who suffer for His name, And to take them to those mansions in the sky.
O that mansion in the sky! I'm goin' to claim one by and by, And I'll never never die, Hallelujah to the Lamb! Come along and go with me, Turn your back on sin and see, You'll be happy as can be, Hallelujah to the Lamb.
You may shrink to pay the price, Say "Too great the sacrifice," But you'll wish you were one of us by and by; Then this old world will look small, And you'd gladly give your all, Could you know you had a mansion in the sky.
O that mansion in the sky! I'm goin' to claim one by and by, And I'll never never die, Hallelujah to the Lamb! Come along and go with me, Turn your back on sin and see, You'll be happy as can be, Hallelujah to the Lamb.
Laz'rus covered o'er with sores, Lay beside the rich man's doors, And he begged for alms from those who passed him by; As the crowd would by him go, Little did those rich men know, That poor Lazarus had a mansion in the sky.
O that mansion in the sky! I'm goin' to claim one by and by, And I'll never never die, Hallelujah to the Lamb! Come along and go with me, Turn your back on sin and see, You'll be happy as can be, Hallelujah to the Lamb.
At our humble homes you smile, We're just stopping here awhile, But you ought to see what's coming by and by; For our home is built of gold, And we'll never more grow old, When we leave to claim a mansion in the sky.
O that mansion in the sky! I'm goin' to claim one by and by, And I'll never never die, Hallelujah to the Lamb! Come along and go with me, Turn your back on sin and see, You'll be happy as can be, Hallelujah to the Lamb.
I had rather always roam, With no place to call my home, Than to fail to join that number by and by; For when Jesus calls for me, I'll be rich as rich can be, For I'll have a stately mansion in the sky.
O that mansion in the sky! I'm goin' to claim one by and by, And I'll never never die, Hallelujah to the Lamb! Come along and go with me, Turn your back on sin and see, You'll be happy as can be, Hallelujah to the Lamb.
So be careful how you talk, How you shake your head and mock, You'd be glad to be one of us by and by; Tho' despised by men on earth, We are all of royal birth, For we now possess a mansion in the sky.
O that mansion in the sky! I'm goin' to claim one by and by, And I'll never never die, Hallelujah to the Lamb! Come along and go with me, Turn your back on sin and see, You'll be happy as can be, Hallelujah to the Lamb.
If you stand before the King, Join the songs the Bloodwashed sing, If you'd hear the angels singing by and by; Come today send in your name, No one, then, can jump your claim, When you go to see your mansion in the sky.
O that mansion in the sky! I'm goin' to claim one by and by, And I'll never never die, Hallelujah to the Lamb! Come along and go with me, Turn your back on sin and see, You'll be happy as can be, Hallelujah to the Lamb.