You took her home [three] years ago.

Our hearts were broken in two!

Yet a strong desire to be there grew.

To know and experience what she now knew.

Her journey’s end found an eternal beginning.

¹There’s a land that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar, For the Father waits over the way To prepare us a dwelling place there.

²We shall sing on that beautiful shore The melodious songs of the blest; And our spirits shall sorrow no more – Not a sigh for the blessing of rest.

³To our bountiful Father above We will offer our tribute of praise For the glorious gift of His love And the blessings that hallow our days.

Refrain: In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore; In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore.

In The Sweet By and By, Sanford Fillmore Bennett (1868)