Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (The original version)

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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?

2 

In the joyous days of childhood,

Oft they told of wondrous love,

Pointed to the dying Savior,

Now they dwell with Him above.

3 

You remember songs of heaven

Which you sang with childish voice,

Do you love the hymns they taught you,

Or are songs of earth your choice?

4 

You can picture happy gath’rings

Round the fireside long ago,

And you think of tearful partings,

When they left you here below.

5 

One by one their seats were emptied,

One by one they went away,

Now the family is parted,

Will it be complete one day?

Refrain:

Will the circle be unbroken

by and by, yes, by and by?

In a better home awaiting

in the sky, in the sky?

Author: Ada R. Habershon