The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9598

9598. How Many Kindred Souls Are Fled

1 How many kindred souls are fled
To the vast regions of the dead,
Since from this day the changing sun
Through his last yearly period run!

2 We yet survive; but who can say,
Or through the year, or month or day,
I will retain this vital breath;
Thus far at least in league with death?

3 That breath is Thine, eternal God,
’This Thine to fix the soul’s abode;
It holds its life from Thee alone,
On earth, or in the world unknown.

4 To Thee our spirits we resign,
Make them and own them, still as Thine;
So shall they smile, secure from fear,
Though death should blast the rising year.

Text Information

• First Line: How many kindred souls are fled
• Title: How Many Kindred Souls Are Fled
• Author (attributed to): Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: A cento from "God of My Life, Thy Constant Care." ; Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Use, by Thomas Cotterill, 1810
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: TRURO
• Meter: LM
• Key: C Major
• Source: Psalmodia Evangelica by Thomas Williams, 1789
• Copyright: Public Domain