The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2767

2767. If Death My Friend and Me Divide

1. If death my friend and me divide,
Thou dost not, Lord, my sorrow chide,
Or frown my tears to see;
Restrained from passionate excess,
Thou bidst me mourn in calm distress
For them that rest in Thee.

2. I feel a strong immortal hope,
Which bears my mournful spirit up
Beneath its mountain load;
Redeemed from death, and grief, and pain,
I soon shall find my friend again
Within the arms of God.

3. Pass a few fleeting moments more
And death the blessing shall restore
Which death has snatched away;
For me Thou wilt the summons send,
And give me back my parted friend
In that eternal day.

Text Information

• First Line: If death my friend and me divide
• Title: If Death My Friend and Me Divide
• Author: Charles Wesley (1762)
• Meter: 88.68.86
• Language: English
• Source: Short Hymns, 1762
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: OLD 113TH, attributed to Matthäus Greiter, 1525

Tune Information

• Name: CHAPEL ROYAL
• Composer: William Boyce, 1710-1779 (ca. 1765)
• Meter: 88.68.86
• Incipit: 11123 42313 56543
• Key: G Major
• Source: A Collection of Melodies for the Psalms of David, circa 1765
• Copyright: Public Domain