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Death and Eternity

Author: Dr. Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 50 hymnals Topics: Death And eternity; Eternity Death and eternity First Line: My thoughts, that often mount the skies Lyrics: 1 My thoughts, that often mount the skies, Go, search the world beneath, Where nature all in ruin lies, And owns her sovereign, death. 2 The tyrant how he triumphs here*, His trophies spread around! And heaps of dust and bones appear Thro' all the hollow ground. 3 Those skulls, what ghastly figures now! How loathsome to the eyes! These are the heads we lately knew So beauteous and so wise. 4 But where the souls those deathless things, That left their dying clay? My thoughts, now stretch out all your wings, And trace eternity! 5 O that unfathomable sea! Those deeps without a shore! Where living waters gently play, Or fiery billows roar. 6 There we shall swim in heavenly bliss, Or sink in flaming waves, While the pale carcase breathless lies Among the silent graves. 7 "Prepare us, Lord, for thy right hand, "Then come the joyful day, "Come, death, and some celestial band, "To bear our souls away." Text Sources: Dr. Watts's Lyric

Gentle Shepherd, Thou hast stilled

Author: William Meinhold, d. 1851; Miss Winkworth Meter: 7.8.7 Appears in 158 hymnals Topics: Death and Eternity Burial Lyrics: 1 Gentle Shepherd, Thou hast stilled Now Thy little lamb's brief weeping; Ah how peaceful, pale, and mild, In its narrow bed 'tis sleeping! And no sigh of anguish sore Heaves that little bosom more. 2 In this world of sin and pain, Lord, Thou wouldst no longer leave it;: To the sunny heavenly plain Dost Thou now with joy receive it. Clothed in robes of spotless white, Now it dwells with Thee in light. 3 Ah, Lord Jesus, grant that we Where it lives may soon be living, And the lovely pastures see That its heavenly food are giving; Then the gain of death we'll prove, Though Thou take what most we love. Used With Tune: JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT

The Strife Is O’er

Author: Francis Pott Meter: 8.8.8 with alleluia Appears in 520 hymnals Topics: Death and Eternal Life First Line: The strife is o’er, the battle done Lyrics: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 1 The strife is o’er, the battle done, the victory of life is won. The song of triumph has begun: Alleluia! 2 The pow’rs of death have done their worst, but Christ their legions has dispersed. Let shouts of holy joy outburst: Alleluia! 3 The three sad days have quickly sped. He rises glorious from the dead. All glory to our risen Head! Alleluia! 4 Christ, by your wounds on Calvary, from death’s dread sting your servants free, that we may live eternally: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10 Used With Tune: VICTORY Text Sources: anon., “Finita iam sunt praelia,” Symphonia Sirenum Selectarum (present-day Germany), 1695; trans. Francis Pott (England), Hymns Fitted to the Order of Common Prayer, 1861

Why do we mourn departing friends

Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 526 hymnals Topics: Death and Eternity Burial Lyrics: 1 Why do we mourn departing 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, There hopes unfading bloom. 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 souls 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. Used With Tune: DURHAM

In the Land of Fadeless Day (No Night There)

Author: John R. Clements Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 147 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Death and Life Eternal First Line: In the land of fadeless day Refrain First Line: God shall wipe away all tears Lyrics: 1 In the land of fadeless day Lies the city four-square; It shall never pass away, And there is no night there. Refrain: God shall wipe away all tears; There's no death, no pain, nor fears; And they count not time by years, For there is no night there. 2 All the gates of pearl are made, In the city four-square; All the streets with gold are laid, And there is no night there. [Refrain] 3 And the gates shall never close To the city four-square; There life's crystal river flows, And there is no night there. [Refrain] 4 There they need no sunshine bright, In that city four-square; For the Lamb is all the light, And there is no night there. [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 122:2 Used With Tune: NO NIGHT THERE

The God who reigns on high

Author: Thomas Olivers Meter: 6.8.4 Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Death and Eternity Heaven Lyrics: 1 The God who reigns on high, The great archangels sing, And "Holy, holy, holy," cry, "Almighty King! Who was and is the same, And evermore shall be; Jehovah Father, great I AM, We worship Thee." 2 Before the Saviour's face The ransomed nations bow, O'erwhelmed at His almighty grace, For ever new: He shows His prints of love; They kindle to a flame, And sound, through all the worlds above, The slaughtered Lamb. 3 The whole triumphant host Give thanks to God on high; "Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!" Hail, Abraham's God and mine! I join the heavenly lays; All might and majesty are Thine, And endless praise. Used With Tune: LEONI

Media vita in morte sumus

Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Contemplation of Death and Eternity Lyrics: Media vita in morte sumus. Quem quaerimus adjutorem, misi te, Domine, qui pro peccatis nstris juste irasceris? Sancte Deus, Sancte fortis Sancte et misericors Salvator, amarae morti ne tradas nos.

Wherefore should I make my moan

Author: C. Wesley Appears in 34 hymnals Topics: Death and Eternity Burial Lyrics: 1 Wherefore should I make my moan, Now the darling child is dead? He to early rest is gone, He to paradise is fled: I shall go to him, but he Never shall return to me. 2 God forbids his longer stay; God recalls the precious loan; God hath taken him away From my bosom to His own: Surely what He wills is best: Happy in His will I rest. 3 Faith cries out, It is the Lord, Let Him do as seems Him good! Be Thy holy Name adored; Take the gift awhile bestowed; Take the child no longer mine; Thine he is, for ever Thine. Used With Tune: REDHEAD, 76

'Stand still, refulgent orb of day

Author: Butcher Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: Life, Death and Futurity Judgment and eternity

Thee we adore, Eternal Name

Author: Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 374 hymnals Topics: Death and Eternity Preparation for Death Lyrics: 1 Thee we adore, Eternal Name, And humbly own to Thee, How feeble is our mortal frame, What dying worms are we! 2 Our wasting lives grow shorter still, As days and months increase; And every beating pulse we tell Leaves but the number less. 3 The year rolls round, and steals away The breath that first it gave: Whate'er we do, where'er we be, We're travelling to the grave. 4 Dangers stand thick through all the ground, To push us to the tomb; And fierce diseases wait around, To hurry mortals home. 5 Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense, To walk this dangerous road; And if our souls are hurried hence May they be found with God. Used With Tune: WESTMINSTER