There are loved ones in the glory

There are loved ones in the glory. Ada Ruth Habershon* (1861-1918). This hymn is dated 1907, one of the many written for Charles M. Alexander*. It was set to music by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel*, and published in Alexander’s Hymns No 2: with standard hymns; as used in the Chapman-Alexander Missions (London: Christian Workers Depot, no date, but ca. 1910). It became one of the best known of Habershon’s hymns. It is entitled ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken?’, from the refrain, which uses the phrase ‘By and by’ most effectively: Will the circle be unbroken By and by, by and by? In a better home awaiting In the sky, in the sky. The hymn is a classic statement of the belief that in heaven we shall...