The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#1413

1413. Mournfully, tenderly, bear on the dead

1 Mournfully, tenderly, bear on the dead,
Where the warrior has lain, let the Christian be laid;
No place more befitting O Rock of the sea!
Never such treasure was hidden in thee.
Never such treasure was hidden in thee.

2 Mournfully, tenderly, solemn and slow,
Tears are bedewing the path as we go;
Kindred and strangers are mourners to-day,
Gently, so gently, O! bear her away.

3 Mournfully, tenderly, gaze on that brow,
Beautiful is it in quietude now:
One look! and then settle the loved to her rest,
The ocean beneath her, the turf on her breast.

4 So have ye buried her up! and depart,
To life and to duty with undismayed heart:
Fear not for the love of the stranger will keep,
The casket that lies in the Rock of the deep.

5 Peace to thy bosom, thou servant of God!
The vale thou art treading, before, thou hast trod:
Precious dust thou hast laid by the Hopia tree,
And treasure as precious in the Rock of the sea!

Text Information

• First Line: Mournfully, tenderly, bear on the dead
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Bible Songs: Special Selections
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: THE BURIAL OF MRS. JUDSON
• Composer: L. Heath
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.