Blest are they in Christ departed

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Blest are they in Christ departed

Author: Edwin Pond Parker
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Belest ar ethey in Christ departed,
Saith the Word, O broken-hearted!
Thro' death's dark mysterious portal
They have entered life immortal,
Round them shines eternal day.

2 Hard their warfare, great their burden,
But the splendid goal and guerdon
They have reached; and now, victorious,
Wear the crowns and garlands glorious
Which shall never fade away.

3 No more fears, nor doubts, nor crying,
No more sin, nor pain, nor dying,
No more tears on any faces,
In those holy, heavenly places
Where love reigns for evermore.

4 Lord, on us thy mercy lighten,
With thy love our sorrows brighten;
Make our hope of heaven grow clearer,
Heaven itself becomes the dearer,
For the loved ones gone before.

Source: The Christian hymnary: a selection of hymns & tunes for Christian worship #859

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Author: Edwin Pond Parker

Parker, Edwin Pond, D.D., born at Castine, Maine, Jan. 13, 1836, and educated at Bowdoin College, Maine, and Bangor Theo. Sem., Maine. Entering the Congregational ministry, he became pastor of the Second Church of Christ, Hartford, Conn., Jan. 1860, and has remained there to the present date. Besides editing some Sunday School Hymn and Tune Books, now out of use, he was chief Editor of The Book of Praise . . . (Congregational) . . ., Phila., 1874; and Editor of The Christian Hymnal, Hartford, Conn., 1877, revised ed. 1889. His hymns in common use include:— 1. Blest are they in Christ departed. [Death and Burial.] Dated 1886. In the Christian Hymnal, 1889, and several other collections. 2. Come to Jesus, ye who labour.… Go to person page >

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