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Why should we think of death

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1 Why should we think of death,
With sad foreboding fear;
To those who love a Savior's name
He, comes with words of cheer.

Refrain:
Look up with tearless eye,
Look up, there's joy beyond,
A home where love can never die,
And friend communes with friend.

2 Why should we dread the grave,
If faith in Christ be bright;
'Tis but the door through which we pass
To regions fair and bright. [Refrain]

3 Why should our hearts repine,
When dear ones pass away;
They are not lost, but gone before,
To realms of endless day. [Refrain]

4 No triumphs in the grave,
The sting of death is o'er;
And they who reach the better land,
Shall live to die no more. [Refrain]

Source: Joyful Songs: a choice collection of new Sunday School music #26

Author: Fanny J. Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Why should we think of death
Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Look up with tearless eye
Copyright: Public Domain

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