Beyond the Sunset

Beyond the sunset’s radiant glow
There is a brighter world, I know,
Where golden glories ever shine,
Beyond the thought of day’s decline.

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Beyond the sunset’s radiant glow,
There is a brighter world, I know;
Beyond the sunset I may spend
Delightful days that never end.

Beyond the sunset’s purple rim,
Beyond the twilight, deep and dim,
Where clouds and darkness never come,
My soul shall find its heav’nly home.

Refrain

Beyond the desert, dark and drear,
The golden city will appear;
And morning’s lovely beams arise
Upon my mansion in the skies.

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Author: Virgil P. Brock

Year: 1936

Virgil P. Brock (1887–1978) wrote both words and music for this gospel song in 1936, often performed as a quartet number. It is sometimes paired with the similar-titled 'Beyond the Sunset' by Blanche Kerr Brock (his wife), but the lyrics here match Brock's text exactly.