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There is a land of pure delight
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,418 hymnals Topics: Death and Bereavement Lyrics: 1 There is a land of pure delight,
where saints immortal reign;
infinite day excludes the night,
and pleasures banish pain.
2 There everlasting spring abides,
and never-withering flowers;
death, like a narrow sea, divides
that heavenly land from ours.
3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood
stand dressed in living green;
so to the Jews old Canaan stood,
while Jordan rolled between.
4 But timorous mortals start and shrink
to cross the narrow sea,
and linger shivering on the brink,
and fear to launch away.
5 O could we make our doubts remove,
those gloomy doubts that rise,
and see the Canaan that we love
with unbeclouded eyes;
6 Could we but climb where Moses stood,
and view the landscape o'er,
not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood,
should fright us from the shore! Scripture: Deuteronomy 34:1-2 Used With Tune: BEULAH
There is a land of pure delight
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
Author: Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847) Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.7 Appears in 546 hymnals Topics: Death and Bereavement Lyrics: 1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
to his feet thy tribute bring;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
who like me his praise should sing?
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise the everlasting King.
2 Praise him for his grace and favour
to our fathers in distress;
praise him, still the same for ever,
slow to chide, and swift to bless:
Praise him! Praise him!
glorious in his faithfulness.
3 Father-like he tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame he knows;
in his hands he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes:
Praise him! Praise him!
widely as his mercy flows.
4 Frail as summer's flower we flourish;
blows the wind and it is gone;
but, while mortals rise and perish,
God endures unchanging on.
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise the high eternal One.
5 Angels, help us to adore him;
ye behold him face to face;
sun and moon, bow down before him;
dwellers all in time and space.
Praise him! Praise him!
Praise with us the God of grace. Scripture: Psalm 103 Used With Tune: PRAISE, MY SOUL
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on your side
Author: Katharina Amalia Dorothea von Schlegel (b. 1697); Jane Laurie Borthwick (1813-1897) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 187 hymnals Topics: Death and Bereavement Lyrics: 1 Be still, my soul: for God is on your side;
bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
leave to your God to order and provide;
in every change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: your best, your heavenly friend
through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
2 Be still, my soul: for God will undertake
to guide the future as he has the past.
Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake,
all now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know
his voice who ruled them while he lived below.
3 Be still, my soul: when dearest friends depart
and all is darkened in the vale of tears,
then you shall better know his love, his heart,
who comes to soothe your sorrow, calm your fears.
Be still, my soul: for Jesus can repay
from his own fullness all he takes away.
4 Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on
when we shall be for ever with the Lord,
when disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
sorrow forgotten, love’s pure joys restored.
Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past,
all safe and blessèd we shall meet at last. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Used With Tune: FINLANDIA
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on your side
O Sacred Head! sore wounded
Author: James Waddell Alexander (1804-1859); Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 735 hymnals Topics: Death and Bereavement Lyrics: 1 O Sacred Head! sore wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down!
O Kingly Head, surrounded
with thorns, thine only crown!
How pale art thou with anguish,
with sore abuse and scorn!
How does that face now languish,
which once was bright as morn!
2 O Lord of life and glory,
what bliss till now was thine!
I read the wondrous story;
I joy to call thee mine.
Thy grief and bitter Passion
were all for sinners' gain;
mine, mine was the transgression,
but thine the deadly pain.
3 What language shall I borrow
to praise thee, heavenly Friend,
for this thy dying sorrow,
thy pity without end?
O make me thine for ever,
and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never
outlive my love for thee.
4 Be near me, Lord, when dying;
O show thy cross to me;
and, my last need supplying,
come, Lord, and set me free;
these eyes, new faith receiving,
from thee shall never move;
for they who die believing
die safely through thy love. Scripture: 1 Peter 2:24 Used With Tune: PASSION CHORALE
O Sacred Head! sore wounded
Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Author: Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 2,976 hymnals Topics: Death and Bereavement Lyrics: 1 Rock of ages cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee;
let the water and the blood,
from thy riven side which flowed,
be of sin the double cure,
cleanse me from its guilt and power.
2 Not the labours of my hands
can fulfill thy law's demands;
could my zeal no respite know,
could my tears for ever flow,
all for sin could not atone;
thou must save, and thou alone.
3 Nothing in my hand I bring,
simply to thy cross I cling;
naked, come to thee for dress;
helpless, look to thee for grace;
stained by sin, to thee I fly;
wash me, Saviour, or I die.
4 While I draw this fleeting breath,
when my eyelids close in death,
when I soar through realms unknown,
see thee on thy judgement throne,
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:4 Used With Tune: PETRA (REDHEAD No. 76)
Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Now is eternal life
Author: George Wallace Briggs (1875-1959) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Death and Bereavement Scripture: John 5:24 Used With Tune: CHRISTCHURCH
Now is eternal life
When human voices cannot sing
Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Death and Bereavement Lyrics: 1 When human voices cannot sing
and human hearts are breaking,
we bring our grief to you, O God,
who knows our inner aching.
2 Set free our spirits from all fear —
the cloud of dark unknowing,
and let the light, the Christ-light show
the pathway of our going.
3 Make real for us your holding love,
the love which is your meaning,
the power to move the stone of death,
the hope of Easter morning.
4 And let the one we love now go
where we, in faith, shall follow,
to travel in the Spirit's peace,
to make an end to sorrow. Scripture: John 11:25-26 Used With Tune: JACOB'S WELL
When human voices cannot sing
We shall see him in the morning
Author: Randle Manwaring (1912-2010) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Death and Bereavement Scripture: John 21:1-8 Used With Tune: HEANISH
We shall see him in the morning
My soul finds rest in God alone
Author: Stuart Townend (b. 1963); Aaron Keyes Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Death and Bereavement Scripture: Psalm 62 Used With Tune: [My soul finds rest in God alone]
My soul finds rest in God alone
O God, our help in ages past
Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,259 hymnals Topics: Death and Bereavement Lyrics: 1 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home!
2 Under the shadow of thy throne
thy saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone,
and our defence is sure.
3 Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received her frame,
from everlasting thou art God,
to endless years the same.
4 A thousand ages in thy sight
are like an evening gone;
short as the watch that ends the night
before the rising sun.
5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
bears all our years away;
they fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the opening day.
6 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
be thou our guard while troubles last,
and our eternal home. Scripture: Psalm 90:1-5 Used With Tune: ST ANNE
O God, our help in ages past
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