HYMN OF THE WEEK, FRIDAY APRIL 23,“WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

​PASTOR CECIL · HYMN OF THE WEEK, FRIDAY APRIL 23,“WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

HYMN OF THE WEEK, FRIDAY APRIL 23,“WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER!”; PASTOR CECIL A THOMPSON

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Pastor Cecil A. Thompson 

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APRIL 23, 2021

“WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER!”

Revelation 21:17 

“But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”

 

In 1893, James Black was a Meth­od­ist Sun­day school teach­er in Wil­liams­port, Penn­syl­van­ia. As he was call­ing roll one day for a youth meet­ing, young Bes­sie, daugh­ter of a drunk­ard, did not show up, and he was dis­ap­point­ed at her fail­ure to ap­pear. He com­mented to a friend, “Well, I trust when the roll is called up yon­der, she’ll be there.” He tried to find an appropriate song for the situation but could not find one in his song book.

 

Here is how Mr. Black describes how he came to write the hymn: “This lack of a fit­ting song caused me both sor­row and dis­ap­point­ment. An in­ner voice seemed to say, ‘Why don’t you write one?’ I put away the thought. As I opened the gate on my way home, the same thought came again so strong­ly that tears filled my eyes. I en­tered the house and sat down at the pi­a­no. The words came to me ef­fort­less­ly…The tune came the same way—I dared not change a sin­gle note or word.”

“When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder”

(1) When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, 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.

Refrain: When the roll, is called up yonder, When the roll, is called up yonder,
When the roll, is called up yonder, When the roll is called up yonder I’ll be there.

(2) On that bright and cloudless 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.

Refrain: When the roll, is called up yonder, When the roll, is called up yonder,
When the roll, is called up yonder, When the roll is called up yonder I’ll be there.

3) 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.

Refrain: When the roll, is called up yonder, When the roll, is called up yonder,
When the roll, is called up yonder, When the roll is called up yonder I’ll be there.

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May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!

- - Pastor Cecil   

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