Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Where are the fathers who guided our youth
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: Silas Leonard
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Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 121, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHERE are the fathers who guided our youth,
Where are they gone, where are they gone?
They taught us the lessons of wisdom and truth,
Where are they gone, are they gone?
They're gone from this low ground of sorrow and pain,
They're gone from earth's pleasures so fleeting and vain
But say, oh! say, shall we meet them again?
Where are they gone, are they gone?
Where are the lovely-our fond heart's delight,
Where are they gone, where are they gone?
They've left this lone valley of canker and blight,
Where are they gone, are they gone?
Sad memory treasures each fond look and tone,
Each kind word and token.
Alone, all alone,
Affection remembers.
Where are they gone,
Where are they gone, are they gone?
They've gone to the land where all mourners have rest,
There they are gone, there they are gone;
They've gone to the land where all true hearts are blest,
There they are gone, they are gone:
They've gone to the city where parting's no more,
To the heavenly mansions where weeping is o'er;
They've gone to enjoy their reward evermore,
There they are gone, they are gone.