Adventist Pioneer Library

Reward of Saints

Beyond this gloomy night

  • No. 988
  • Metre S. M.
  • Words Anne Steele.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Beyond this gloomy nightEternal beauties rise,A land of love, a land of light,Unseen by mortal eyes.

2

No cloud those regions know,Realms ever bright and fair;For sin, the source of mortal woe,Can never enter there.

3

O may the prospect fireOur hearts with ardent love,Till wings of faith, and strong desire,Bear every thought above.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «988» (large) in the right column of p. 333, beside the stanzas of hymn 987, below the music of SILVER STREET, with the reference line «985, 380, 403.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tunes of hymns 985 NO SORROW THERE, 380 SHAWMUT or 403 GOLDEN HILL, all S. M.; no meter is printed — the lines 6.6.8.6 are S. M.). Stanzas numbered «1»–«3» without periods (written «1.»–«3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 indented. The first word is set «BEYOND» — capital B followed by «EYOND» in small capitals; written «Beyond». «Anne Steele.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «;» («fair ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Reward of Saints · No. 988 · printed page 333
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02