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Text:And must this body die
Author:Watts
Tune:MOCCAS

561. And must this body die

1 And must this body die?
This mortal frame decay?
And must these active limbs of mine
Lie mouldering in the clay?

2 God my Redeemer lives,
And often from the skies,
Looks down and watches all my dust,
Till He shall bid it rise.

3 Arrayed in glorious grace
Shall these vile bodies shine,
And every shape, and every face,
Look heavenly and divine.

4 These lively hopes we owe
To Jesus' dying Love:
We would adore His grace below,
And sing His power above.

5 Dear Lord, accept the praise
Of these our humble songs,
Till tunes of nobler sound we raise
With our immortal tongues.

Text Information
First Line: And must this body die
Author: Watts (1709)
Meter: S. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: Death and Eternity: Resurrection; Easter Sunday; Twenty Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Tune Information
Name: MOCCAS
Meter: S. M.
Key: F Major
Notes: Composer from index: A. R. Reinagle



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