For Those We Love Within the Veil

Verse 1

For those we love within the veil, Who once were comrades of our way, We thank thee, Lord; for they have won To cloudless day.

Verse 2

And life for them is life indeed, The splendid goal of earth’s strait race; And where no shadows intervene They see thy face.

Verse 3

Free from the fret of mortal years, And knowing now thy perfect will, With quickened sense and heightened joy They serve thee still.

Verse 4

O fuller, sweeter is that life, And larger, ampler is the air; Eye cannot see nor heart conceive The glory there!

Verse 5

There are no tears within their eyes; With love they keep perpetual tryst; And praise and work and rest are one With thee, O Christ.