Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Dear as thou wert and justly dear
Topic: Mournful Scenes
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 301
Page Number: 370, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDEAR as thou wert, and justly dear,
We will not weep for thee:
One thought shall check the starting tear;
It is, that thou art free.
And thus shall faith's consoling pow'r
The tears of love restrain:
O who that saw thy parting hour
Could wish thee here again?
Triumphant in thy closing eye
The hope of glory shone;
Joy breath'd in thy expiring sigh,
To think the race was run.
Thy passing spirit gently fled,
Sustain'd by grace divine;
O may such grace on us be shed,
And make our end like thine.