Little sleeper Christ has taken

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Little sleeper Christ has taken

Author: Eliza Cook
Tune: [Little sleeper, Christ has taken]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Little sleeper, Christ has taken
You to dwell with Him on high;
There before the throne you’ll waken,
Free from sin or sorrow’s sigh;
While our selfish love shall mourn,
We know to happier realms you’ve gone.

2 Lent to us till love has made you
Idol of the earthly heart;
God has, in His wisdom, through you
Taught that here we all must part,
But till in that happier land,
Death forms a never parting land.

3 Sin has never marred the beauty
Of that angel spirit here;
We submit with Christian duty,
Yet cannot restrain the tear:
Help our mourning hearts, O God!
To bow to Thee, and "kiss the rod!"

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16630

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Author: Eliza Cook

Cook, Eliza, daughter of a merchant in Southwark, was born Dec. 24, 1817, and died at Wimbledon, Sept. 23, 1889. Her works in poetry and prose are well and widely known. Her hymn published in 1860, "Father above, I pray to Thee" (Child's Evening Hymn), is in several hymn-books, including Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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