Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#720

720. When life's tempestuous storms are o'er

1 When life's tempestuous storms are o'er,
How calm he meets the friendly shore,
Who liv'd averse from sin!
Such peace on virtue's path attends,
That, where the sinner's pleasure ends,
The Christian's joys begin.

2 See smiling patience smooth his brow!
See bending angels downwards bow,
To left his soul on high!
While, eager for the blest abode,
He joins with them to praise the God,
Who taught him how to die.

3 No sorrow drowns his lifted eyes;
No horror wrests the struggling sighs,
As from the sinner's breast:
His God, the God of peace and love,
Pours kindly solace from above,
And heals his soul with rest.

4 O grant, my Saviour, and my friend!
Such joys may gild my peaceful end,
So calm my ev'ning close;
While, loos'd from ev'ry earthly tie,
With steady confidence I fly
To thee from whom I rose!

Text Information

• First Line: When life's tempestuous storms are o'er
• Meter: P. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Topic: Death: Death of the pious

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