Church Book ‎#562

562. My life's a shade, my days

1 My life's a shade, my days
Apace to death decline:
My Lord is Life; He'll raise
My dust again, even mine.
Sweet truth to me!
I shall arise
And with these eyes
My Saviour see.

2 My peaceful grave shall keep
My form till that sweet day;
I shall awake from sleep
And leave my bed of clay.
Sweet truth to me!
I shall arise,
And with these eyes
My Saviour see.

3 Then welcome, harmless grave!
By thee to heaven I'll go:
My Saviour's Death shall save
Me from the flames below.
Sweet truth to me!
I shall arise,
And with these eyes
My Saviour see.

Text Information

• First Line: My life's a shade, my days
• Author: Samuel Crossman (1664, a.)
• Meter: H. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Death and Eternity: Resurrection; Easter Sunday
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: CROSSMAN
• Meter: H. M.
• Key: e minor
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Dr. E. G. Monk, 1867