Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: No no it is not dying
Topic: Present and Future/Life and Death
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s and 6s peculiar
Tune: Pomeroy
Hymn Number: 725
Page Number: 265, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNo, no, it is not dy-ing
To go un-to our God,
This gloomy earth forsaking,
Our journey homeward taking,
Along the starry road,
A-long the starry road.
No, no, it is not dying
Heaven's citizen to be;
A crown immortal wearing,
And rest unbroken sharing,
From care and conflict free.
No, no, it is not dying
The Shepherd's voice to know;
His sheep he ever leadeth,
His peaceful flock he feedeth,
Where living pastures grow.
No, no, it is not dying
To wear a heavenly crown,
Among God's people dwelling,
The glorious triumph swelling,
Of him whose sway we own.
Oh no, this is not dying,
Thou Savior of mankind!
There, streams of love are flowing,
No hindrance ever knowing;
Here, only drops we find.