Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

"Will the Circle Be Unbroken?"
Page from 1908 hymnal.
Music by	Charles H. Gabriel
Lyrics by	Ada R. Habershon
Written	1907
Language	English

"Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" is a popular Christian hymn written by Ada R. Habershon with music by Charles H. Gabriel. The song is often recorded unattributed.

Lyrics

There are loved ones in the glory

Whose dear forms you often miss.

When you close your earthly story,

Will you join them in their bliss?

CHORUS:

Will the circle be unbroken

By and by, by and by?

Is a better home awaiting

In the sky, in the sky?

In the joyous days of childhood

Oft they told of wondrous love

Pointed to the dying Saviour;

Now they dwell with Him above.

(Chorus)

You remember songs of heaven

Which you sang with childish voice.

Do you love the hymns they taught you,

Or are songs of earth your choice?

(Chorus)

You can picture happy gath'rings

Round the fireside long ago,

And you think of tearful partings

When they left you here below.

(Chorus)

One by one their seats were emptied.

One by one they went away.

Now the family is parted.

Will it be complete one day?

(Chorus)

Bibliography

• Alexander, Charles M. Alexander's Gospel Songs. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company (1908).

External links

"Will the Circle Be Unbroken?". Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/62yxat6Q1.