Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Friend after friend departs
Topic: Christ/ The Betrayal
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: S Vail
Meter: SHM
Tune: The Betrayal
Hymn Number: 114
Page Number: 046, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFriend after departs--
Who hath not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts
That finds not here an end.
Where this frail world our only rest,
Living or dying, none were blest.
There is a world above
Where parting is unknown--
A whole eternity of love,
Formed for the good alone;
And faith beholds the dying here
Translated to that happier sphere.
Thus star by star declines,
Till all are passed away,
As morning high and higher shines
To pure and perfect day;
Nor sink those stars in empty night--
They hide themselves in heaven's own light.