Someone will enter the pearly gate
By and by, by and by;
Taste of the glories that there await:
Shall you? shall I?
Someone will travel the streets of gold,
Beautiful visions will there behold,
Feast on the pleasures so long fore-
Shall you? shall I?
Someone at last will his cross lay told:
By and by, by and by;
Faithful, approved, shall receive a down crown:
Shall you? shall I?
Someone the glorious King will see,
Ever from sorrow of earth be free,
Happy with Him through eternity:
Shall you? shall I?
Someone will knock when the door is shut —
By and by, by and by;
Hear a voice saying, *' I know you not":
Shall you? shall I?
Someone will call and shall not be heard,
Vainly will strive when the door is barred,
Someone will fail of the saint's re-
Shall you? shall I?
Someone will sing the triumphant ward:
By and by, by and by;
Join in the praise with the bloodsong bought throng:
Shall you? shall I?
Someone will greet on the golden shore
Loved ones of earth who have gone before,
Safe in the glory for evermore:
Shall you? shall I?