While today it’s available in various digital formats – downloadable PDF, printable score, with voice or as an instrumental solo – the piece is most often played on the piano, violin and guitar. The composition caught on, filling human hearts and practice rooms.
The perfectly captured comforting thought of a day “when God will wipe away every tear from their eyes there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying” made the song a Gospel music gem but most importantly – an encouraging anthem for many people in times of hardship. Hill’s emotional live performances of the song with the Golden Keys Quartet were always warmly met by the public. The lyrics of the song he drafted in a burst of inspiration on a random piece of cardboard turned into the hymn “What a Day That Will Be”. Puzzling over the life’s injustice that hit his family, Jim tried to visualize a glorious day when everyone would be free from suffering. For Jim Hill, the sickness of his mother-in-law was a turning point in his life, as a Christian and as a composer. One can never be ready enough to face it but has to find somewhere the strengths to go on. The worst often strikes unexpectedly and finds us at a great loss, especially when it’s about losing forever someone we love.
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