The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#930

930. Gently, dear Saviour, now we bring

1 Gently, dear Saviour, now we bring
The loved one death has called his own;
With all our griefs to thee we cling,
For unto thee our griefs are known.

2 Thy way is best; and though we weep,
We would not break this calm repose:
Thou givest thy beloved sleep,
And thou hast willed these eyes should close.

3 Blest be the grief that closer binds
Our mourning hearts, O Lord, to thee!
Blest be the faith, in death that finds
A hope of immmortality!

4 Thus dust to dust, and earth to earth,
And ashes cold we lay away
To wait that glad, immortal birth,
The promised resurrection day.

Text Information

• First Line: Gently, dear Saviour, now we bring
• Author: F. E. Belden
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Death and Resurrection
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: BARNES
• Composer: F. E. Belden
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #924 or 927.