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Lovely this child, asleep in death

Lovely this child, asleep in death

Tune: PATMOS (55555)
Published in 2 hymnals

Representative Text

1. Lovely this child, asleep in death;
How beautiful and fair!
Yes, even now, tho' void of breath,
God's impress still is there.

2. And if thus fair and lovely here,
Beneath death's icy hand,
O will it not be beauteous there,
'Mid the immortal band?

3. Tho' nature weeps when holy ties
So strongly bound are riv'n,
Yet faith the Saviour's word applies,
"Of such the realms of heav'n."



Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #798

Text Information

First Line: Lovely this child, asleep in death
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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