Death! 'Tis An Awful Word

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Death! ’tis an awful word

Author: Benjamin Beddome
Tune: LAKE ENON
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1 Death! ’tis an awful word,
And fills the mind with fear;
But joyful is a dying bed,
If Thou, oh God, art near.

2 Let but my numerous sins
Behind Thy back be cast.
The poisonous sting of death is gone,
The bitterness is past.

3 To unbelieving man,
Wrath quickly follows death;
The dreaded portion he receives,
When he resigns his breath.

4 To mortals all around,
He looks for help in vain;
Nor means, nor ministers, nor friends
Can mitigate his pain.

5 But let sufficient grace
In my last hours be giv’n,
Twill spread a luster over death,
And be the dawn of Heav’n.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16254

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Death! ’tis an awful word
Title:	Death! 'Tis An Awful Word
Author:	Benjamin Beddome
Source:	Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton & Briggs, 1818)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain