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}} | 1. I am thinking of friends whom I used to know, | ||
Who lived and suffered in this world below; | |||
They've gone up to heaven, but I want to know, | |||
What they are doing now. | |||
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:What are they doing in heaven today? | |||
:Where sin and sorrow are all done away, | |||
:And peace abounds like a river they say; | |||
:O what are they doing there now?}} | |||
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2. There were some whose hearts were burdened with cares, | |||
They passed their moments in sighing and tears, | |||
They clung to the cross with trembling and fears, | |||
But what are they doing now? | |||
3. There were some whose bodies were full of disease, | |||
Medicine nor doctor could give them much ease; | |||
They suffered till death brought a final release, | |||
But what are they doing now?}} | |||
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4. There were some who were poor and often despised; | |||
They looked to heaven through tear-blinded eyes, | |||
While people were heedless and deaf to their cries, | |||
But what are they doing now?}} | |||
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2022-08-02). Score information: A5, 1 page, 45 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Soul Echoes, 1909. All four stanzas included.
General Information
Title: What Are They Doing in Heaven?
First Line: I am thinking of friends
Composer: Charles Albert Tindley
Lyricist: Charles Albert Tindley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
First published: 1901
2nd published: 1909 in Soul Echoes, Edition 2, no. 15
3rd published: 1916 in New Songs of Paradise, no. 19
Description: A gospel hymn.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. I am thinking of friends whom I used to know, |
2. There were some whose hearts were burdened with cares, |
4. There were some who were poor and often despised; |