When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder

 

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When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound  and time shall be no more,  

And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair;  

When the saved of earth shall gather  over on the other shore,  

And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.  

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On that bright and cloudless morning  when the dead in Christ shall rise,  

And the glory of his resurrection share;  

When his chosen ones shall gather  to their home beyond the skies,  

And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.  

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Let us labor for the Master  from the dawn till setting sun;  

Let us talk of all his wondrous love and care.  

Then when all of life is over  and our work on earth is done,  

And the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.     

Refrain:  

When the roll is called up yonder,  

When the roll is called up yonder,  

When the roll is called up yonder,  

When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.

 

Author: James M. Black (1893)   

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1 Corinthians 15:52 

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.    

1 Thessalonians 4:16 

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.