Hymns of Consecration and Faith ‎#346

346. For the Great Departed

1 For the great departed,
Gone to long reward,
The brave, the lion-hearted;
We praise, we praise Thee, Lord!
For Calv’ry’s love that bought them,
For sovreign grace that sought them,
To high achievement wrought them;
We praise, we praise Thee, Lord!

2 For the great departed,
Gone to long reward,
The brave, the lion-hearted;
We praise, we praise Thee, Lord!
For watchwords, bravely spoken,
For error’s phalanx broken,
The cross their lifted token:—
We praise, we praise Thee, Lord!

3 For the great departed,
Gone to long reward,
The brave, the lion-hearted;
We praise, we praise Thee, Lord!
Though onward gone before us,
Up heights high tow’ring o’er us,
To them, God shall restore us:
We praise, we praise Thee, Lord!

4 For the great departed,
Gone to long reward,
The brave, the lion-hearted;
We praise, we praise Thee, Lord!
No more their hearts shall fail them,
No more shall doubts assail them,
Triumphant grace avail them!
We praise, we praise Thee, Lord!

5 For the great departed,
Gone to long reward,
The brave, the lion-hearted;
We praise, we praise Thee, Lord!
Earth’s farewell words, we say them,
with kindred dust we lay hem;
Lo, heaven in white array them:
We praise, we praise Thee, Lord!

Text Information

• First Line: For the great departed
• Title: For the Great Departed
• Author: Rev. Dr. Rankin
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1902

Tune Information

• Name: IN MEMORIAM
• Composer: R. de W. Mallary
• Meter: P.M.