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| Text: | Say, Why Should Friendship Grieve |
| Author: | Benjamin Clark |
| Tune: | GONE BEFORE |
| Composer: | J. Henry Showalter, 1864-1947 |
1 Say, why should friendship grieve for those
Who safe arrive on Canaan's shores?
Released from all their hurtful foes,
They are not lost, but gone before.
2 How many painful days on earth
Their fainting spirits numbered o'er!
Now they enjoy a heav'nly birth;
They are not lost, but gone before.
3 Dear is the spot where Christians sleep,
And sweet the strain which angels pour;
O why should we in anguish weep?
They are not lost, but gone before.
4 On Jordan's bank whene'er we come,
And hear the swelling waters roar,
Jesus, convey us safely home,
To friends not lost, but gone before.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Say, why should friendship grieve for those |
| Title: | Say, Why Should Friendship Grieve |
| Author: | Benjamin Clark |
| Meter: | L.M. 8.8.8.8. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1972 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Seasons, Days, Services: Funeral Condolence, Consolation |
| Notes: | Christ … hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. II Tim. 1:10. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | GONE BEFORE |
| Composer: | J. Henry Showalter, 1864-1947 |
| Meter: | L.M. 8.8.8.8. |
| Incipit: | 11234 32123 45543 |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Notes: | M.M. 54 |
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