On Not Flying Away: Humanism and the Afterlife
When I was a kid we sang on Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights—church night—and at revivals and camp meetings, “Some bright morning when this life is o’er . . . I’ll fly away.”
It’s an upbeat and happy song, by design. The song was written by Albert Edward Brumley back in 1929 and is the most recorded song in gospel music . . .
Just a few more weary days and then,
I'll fly away
To a land where joy will never end,
I'll fly awayI'll fly away, oh glory,
I'll fly away
When I die, hallelujah by and by,
I'll fly away.