Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: How blest the righteous when he dies
Topic: Present and Future/Life and Death
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: W Bradbury
Meter: LM
Tune: Rest
Hymn Number: 701
Page Number: 256, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow blest the righteous when he dies!
When sinks a weary soul to rest!
How mildly beam the closing eyes!
How gently leaves the expiring breast!
So fades a summer cloud away;
So sinks the gale when storms are o'er;
So gently shuts the eye of day;
So dies a wave along the shore.
A holy quiet reigns around,
A calm which life nor death destroys:
And naught disturbs that peace profound
Which his unfettered soul enjoys.
Life's labor done, as sinks the clay,
Light from its load the spirit flies,
While heaven and earth combine to say,
"How blest the righteous when he dies!"