O come, let us sing unto the LORD:
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
is Called Up Yonder
I`ll be there!
A young girl of fourteen who was the daughter of a drunkard, was invited to attend a Sunday School and a young peoples meeting. On one occasion, she missed a meeting and was not there when the roll call was taken. After thinking about her absence, the president, Mr. J. M. Black, spoke of how sad it would be to be absent when the names were called of those written in the Lamb`s Book Of Life, and then added the prayer, "Oh God, when my own name is called up yonder, may I be there to respond!
On the way home that night, Mr. Black kept thinking about finding a hymn that talked about �the roll call.� After searching for that type of song, he could find nothing, so he decided to write one himself.
Within just a few minutes he wrote the first verse and the two following verses were also written down, and then Mr. Black turned to the piano. "I played the music," he says, "just as it is found today in the hymn-books, note for note, and I have never dared to change a single, workd or a note of the song."
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.
On that bright and cloud-less 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.
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.