The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#957

957. Friend after friend departs

1 Friend after friend departs:
Who hath not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts
That finds not here an end:
Were this frail world our only rest,
Living or dying, none were blest.

2 Beyond the flight of time,
Beyond this vale of death,
There surely is some blessed clime
Where life is not a breath,
Nor life's affection transient fire
Whose sparks fly upward to expire.

3 There is a world above,
Where parting is unknown;
A whole eternity of love
Formed for the good alone:
O Saviour, hasten to appear!
Translate us to that happy sphere.

Text Information

• First Line: Friend after friend departs
• Author: James Montgomery
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Death and Resurrection
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: REQUIEM
• Composer: F. E. Belden
• Meter: P. M.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.