and by Oh by and by Is a better home awaiting 
 In the sky Oh in the sky
  
 Verses:
 There are loved ones in the glory
 Whose dear forms you often miss
 When you close your earthly story
 Will you join them in their bliss?
  
 In the joyous days of childhood
 Oh they told us of His Love
 Pointed to the dying Saviour
 Now they dwell with Him above
  
 you can picture happy gathārings
 round the fireside long ago
 and you think of tearful partings
 when they left you here below
  
 one by one their seats were emptied
 one by one they went away
 now the family is parted
 will it be complete one day?