Mr. Shaw...

Your version of this spiritual evergreen, In the Sweet By and By, hurtled me back in time to my childhood experiences of Sunday (all-day) church-going and, sadly, funeral ceremonies, in which I heard the congregation and/or the attendees of the funeral services sing this song with such quietly powerful reverence that it caused my young eyes to burst into tears.

The way you recorded it has a more ‘lonely’ sound that what I am accustomed to, but it serves to magnify the message of faith inherent in the lyrics, if only because each one of us will make our departure from this Earth alone, in a physical sense, that is.

You captured all of the hopeful yearning for the promise of eternal peace that the song has provided for its listeners since it was composed over one hundred-fifty years ago.

- bluage -


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