They Don’t Sing Gospel Like This Anymore | 1940s Gospel Quartet

# WHEN THE RIVER CALLS US HOME | American Gospel Radio “When the River Calls Us Home” is an original 1940s-inspired gospel quartet song about Heaven, crossing the River Jordan, and the beautiful promise of eternal life with Jesus Christ. With warm old-time gospel harmonies, heartfelt call-and-response singing, and the comforting sound of vintage Christian radio, this song brings back a time when gospel music spoke openly about the journey Home. There is a river every soul must cross. But for those who trust in the Lord, the other shore is not a place of fear. It is a place of peace, mercy, and everlasting hope. And when that river finally calls us Home, we will not cross alone. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ## ABOUT THIS SONG Do you remember when the old gospel quartets sang about Heaven as though it were just across the river? They sang about Jordan, the farther shore, the loved ones waiting, and the day when every earthly burden would finally be laid down. “When the River Calls Us Home” carries that beautiful tradition forward. Inspired by the warm harmonies and simple arrangements of 1940s gospel radio, this original song tells the story of a peaceful final crossing. No more weary footsteps. No more burdens to carry. No more tears upon the journey. Only the promise of God's presence and the hope of being reunited with those who have gone before us in faith. Because the river is not the end of the story. It is the crossing on the road Home. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 0:00 When the River Calls Us Home 0:16 Verse 1 – The Voices From the Other Side 0:46 Chorus – We Will Sing 1:11 Verse 2 – Faces on the Farther Shore 1:40 Chorus – Every Burden Left Behind 2:02 Verse 3 – Keep the Light and Keep the Song 2:27 Chorus – The Final Crossing 2:47 Bridge – Jordan's Rolling Softly 3:02 Final Chorus – We Will Cross ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ## FULL LYRICS [Verse 1 – Lead] The water’s moving quiet Under morning light so clear We can hear the voices calling From the other side so near [Quartet Answer] Calling clear [Verse 1 – Lead] No more weight upon our shoulders No more walking in the dust When the river calls us homeward We will answer, as we must [Quartet Answer] As we must [Chorus – Lead + Quartet] [Lead] When the river calls us home [Quartet] We will sing [Lead] When the river calls us home [Quartet] Through the stream [Full Quartet] Every burden left behind us Every promise standing true When the river calls us home We will cross and see it through [Verse 2 – Lead] There are faces we remember Waiting on the farther shore There is rest beyond the current There is mercy at the door [Quartet Answer] At the door [Verse 2 – Lead] So we’ll lift the old-time chorus While the waters gently flow Not a tear will mark the crossing Only songs we’ve come to know [Quartet Answer] Songs we know [Chorus – Lead + Quartet] [Lead] When the river calls us home [Quartet] We will sing [Lead] When the river calls us home [Quartet] Through the stream [Full Quartet] Every burden left behind us Every promise standing true When the river calls us home We will cross and see it through [Verse 3 – Lead] Tell the ones we leave behind us Keep the light and keep the song When their time arrives to answer They will not be waiting long [Quartet Answer] Not long [Verse 3 – Lead] For the same hand that has led us Will be waiting in the light And the river will be gentle On that final, peaceful night [Quartet Answer] Peaceful night [Chorus] [Lead] When the river calls us home [Quartet] We will sing [Lead] When the river calls us home [Quartet] Through the stream [Full Quartet] Every burden left behind us Every promise standing true When the river calls us home We will cross and see it through [Bridge – Call and Response] [Lead] Jordan’s rolling softly [Quartet] Softly [Lead] Glory on the other side [Quartet] Other side [Lead] We are ready when He calls us [Full Quartet] We will cross with songs of light [Final Chorus – Full Quartet] When the river calls us home We will sing When the river calls us home Through the stream Every burden left behind us We will cross and see it through [Tag — held] [Lead] When the river calls [Quartet] We will sing ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ## DO YOU REMEMBER THE OLD GOSPEL SONGS ABOUT HEAVEN? There was a time when gospel quartets sang about the River Jordan, the streets of Heaven, and the joyful reunion waiting on the other side. Those songs brought comfort to families, strength to weary hearts, and hope to those who had lost someone they loved. **American Gospel Radio** *From Abilene, Texas… Bringing Home a Little Closer.* ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #AmericanGospelRadio #1940sGospel #OldTimeGospel