On That Eternal Shore
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w: Lorna B. Gray
m: Bob Sorem, 2005

[Verse 1 - sung]
Some day, when on this life the sun has set
And the chances for mankind all have gone,
Our God, who sees the smallest action yet,
Will reign in love, eternal ages on --
And there on that eternal shore,
Man's cruelty will be no more.

[Verse 2 - spoken]
That day, when time will cease and we must meet
The One Just Judge who knows and sees it all,
Will be the end of terror, torture, heat,
Aggression, malice, spite, however small --
[sung] And there on that eternal shore,
Man's cruelty will be no more.

[Verse 3 - spoken]
That day, when, stripped of human nature's thought,
Each soul will stand before the One who knows,
All power gone to wound and kill for nought,
And God will ask, "Why given, wounding blows?"
[sung] And there on that eternal shore,
Man's cruelty will be no more.

[Verse 4 - spoken]
That day, when each one God's great mercy craves
And God says, "But you showed no mercy when
The helpless one you vilest torture gave."
Most wretched plight, the one who tortured then!
[sung] And there on that eternal shore,
Man's cruelty will be no more.

[Verse 5 - spoken]
That day, when God looks on a soul astray
And knows cruelty loosed that person's hold,
I'm sure His mercy then will have the sway;
For God is just and loving we are told --
[sung] And there on that eternal shore,
Man's cruelty will be no more.

[Verse 6 - sung]
Glad day when ev'ry cruelty is past;
When the weak and the helpless do not suffer,
When redressed there the balance is at last
And God will reign in love forever --
And there on that eternal shore,
Man's cruelty will be no more.