Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Sister thou wast mild and lovely
Topic: Present and Future/Life and Death
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: 8s and 7s
Tune: Mount Vernon
Hymn Number: 715
Page Number: 260, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSister, thou wast mild and love-ly,
Gen-tle as the sum-mer breeze,
Pleas-ant as the air of eve-ning,
When it floats a-mong the trees.
Peaceful be thy si-lent slum-ber-
Peaceful in the grave so low.
Thou no more wilt join our num-ber;
Thou no more our songs shalt know.
Dear-est sis-ter, thou hast left us;
Here thy loss we deep-ly feel:
But 't is God that hath be-reft us;
He can all our sor-rows heal.
Yet a-gain we hope to meet thee,
When the day of life is fled;
Then in heaven with joy to greet thee,
Where no fare-well tear is shed.