Bible Songs — Reward of Saints

We Shall Know

When the mists have rolled in splendor

No. 1354
Tune WE SHALL KNOW.
Words Annie Herbert.
Music J. H. Anderson.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

When the mists have rolled in splendorFrom the beauty of the hills,And the sunshine, warm and tender,Falls in kisses on the rills,We may read love's shining letterIn the rainbow of the spray;We shall know each other betterWhen the mists have cleared away.

Chorus.

We shall know as we are knownNevermore to walk alone,In the dawning of the morning,When the mists have cleared away;In the dawning of the morning,When the mists have cleared away (have cleared away).

If we err in human blindness,And forget that we are dust,If we miss the law of kindnessWhen we struggle to be just,Snowy wings of peace shall coverAll the plain that hides away,When the weary watch is over,And the mists have cleared away.

When the mists have risen above us,As our Father knows his own,Face to face with those that love us,We shall know as we are known;Far beyond the orient meadowsFloats the golden fringe of day;Heart to heart we bide the shadows,Till the mists have cleared away.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1354» (large, left), title «WE SHALL KNOW.» centred (condensed capitals and small capitals, «We Shall Know.»); under it, centred, the epigraph «"Now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face."—1. Cor. 13 : 13.» (old-style figures; the quoted words are 1 Corinthians 13:12 — the printed «13» is kept, see uncertainties.md); on the next line «ANNIE HERBERT.» at the left (the words) and «J. H. ANDERSON.» at the right (the music). No meter, no tune name other than the title, no reference line. The three stanzas are interlinear, numbered «1.»–«3.», under the treble of PDF 565 systems 1–4; each printed line carries two verse lines, given here one verse line per line. «risen» (stanza 3) is sung on one note. «blindness,», «sunshine,», «kindness», «struggle», «meadows», «shadows,» are printed unbroken under two notes. «CHORUS.» (bold capitals) stands over the chorus pickup in system 4; the chorus continues to the top of PDF 566 under the running title «WE SHALL KNOW.—Concluded.». It has two lines of words: the upper line (soprano and alto, long held notes, the hold shown by «. . . .» or «- - - -») and, set under it, the lower line of tenor and bass, who answer between the held notes; both are given below. Under the music of PDF 565, centred: «By per. S. Brainard's Sons.». Where the print sets a thin space before «;» it is closed up here; curly quotes and apostrophes are written straight. Spelling and punctuation are the print's.