The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9813

9813. Death May Dissolve My Body Now

1 Death may dissolve my body now,
And bear my spirit home;
Why do my minutes move so slow,
Nor my salvation come?

2 With heav’nly weapons I have fought
The battles of the Lord;
Finished my course, and kept the faith,
And wait the sure reward.

3 God has laid up in Heav’n for me
A crown which cannot fade;
The righteous Judge at that great day
Shall place it on my head.

4 Nor hath the King of grace decreed
This prize for me alone;
But all that love and long to see
Th’appearance of His Son.

5 Jesus the Lord shall guard me safe
From every ill design;
And to His heav’nly kingdom keep
This feeble soul of mine.

6 God is my everlasting aid,
And hell shall rage in vain;
To Him be highest glory paid.
And endless praise—Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Death may dissolve my body now
• Title: Death May Dissolve My Body Now
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-09, Book I
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: PISGAH
• Arranger: Joseph C. Lowry
• Harmonizer: Austin C. Lovelace
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major
• Source: Scottish tune; Arr.: The Kentucky Harmony, by Ananias Davisson, second edition 1817; Harm.: The Book of Hymns (Nashville: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1966)
• Copyright: Public Domain