A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) ‎#466

466. The Death and Burial of a Saint

1 Why do we mourn departed friends,
Or shake at death’s alarms?
’Tis but the voice that Jesus sends,
To call them to his arms.

2 Are we not tending upward too,
As fast as time can move?
Nor should we wish the hours more slow,
To keep us from our love.

3 Why should we tremble to convey
Their bodies to the tomb?
There the dear flesh of Jesus lay,
And left a long perfume.

4 [The graves of all his saints he blessed,
And softened every bed;
Where should the dying members rest,
But with their dying Head?]

5 Thence he arose, ascending high,
And showed our feet the way;
Up to the Lord our flesh shall fly,
At the great rising day.

6 Then let the last loud trumpet sound,
And bid our kindred rise;
Awake, ye nations under ground;
Ye saints, ascend the skies.

Text Information

• First Line: Why do we mourn departed friends
• Title: The Death and Burial of a Saint
• Author: Watts
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1844
• Topic: Death

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