Text: | Why should we tremble to convey |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | NAOMI |
Composer: | Hans George Naegeli |
1 Why should we tremble to convey
The Christian to the tomb?
There once the flesh of Jesus lay,
And left a long perfume.
2 The graves of all his saints he blest,
And softened every bed;
Where should the dying members rest,
But with their dying Head?
3 Thence he arose, ascending high,
And showed our feet the way:
Up to the Lord we all shall fly
At the great rising day.
4 Then let the last trumpet sound,
And bid our kindred rise:
Awake, ye nations under ground;
Ye saints, ascend the skies.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Why should we tremble to convey |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | Death and Resurrection |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NAOMI |
Composer: | Hans George Naegeli |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | D Major |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #943 or 147. |