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Hymn: When the spark of life is waning (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: When the spark of life is waning

Topic: Present and Future/Life and Death

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: S Vail

Meter: 8s and 4s

Tune: Weep Not for Me

Hymn Number: 722

Page Number: 264, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

When the spark of life is wan-ing,

Weep not for me;

When the languid eye is stream-ing,

Weep not for me;

When the fee-ble pulse is ceas-ing,

Start not at its swift de-creas-ing,

'T is the fet-tered soul's re-leas-ing,

Weep not for me!



When the pangs of death as-sail me,

Weep not for me:

Christ is mine-he can not fail me,

Weep not for me;

Yes, tho' sin and doubt en-deav-or

From his love my soul to sev-er,

Je-sus is my strength for-ev-er,

Weep not for me!