In a Little While We’re Going Home

Let us sing a song that will cheer us by the way,
In a little while we’re going home;
For the night will end in the everlasting day,
In a little while we’re going home.

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In a little while, in a little while,
We shall cross the billow’s foam;
We shall meet at last,
When the stormy winds are past,
In a little while we’re going home.

We will do the work that our hands may find to do,
In a little while we’re going home;
And the grace of God will our daily strength renew,
In a little while we’re going home.

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We will smooth the path for some weary, way-worn feet,
In a little while we’re going home;
And may loving hearts spread around an influence sweet!
In a little while we’re going home.

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There’s a rest beyond, there’s relief from every care,
In a little while we’re going home;
And no tears shall fall in that city bright and fair,
In a little while we’re going home.

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Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt

Year: 1897

Commonly attributed to Eliza E. Hewitt (also known as E. E. Hewitt or Lidie H. Edmunds). The text first appeared in publications around 1897–1898, often paired with music by William J. Kirkpatrick.