Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion
Date: 1867
Compiler: A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co
First Line: Dear as thou wert and justly dear
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Weeping
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 150, 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 this shall faith's consoling power
The tears of love restrain;
O who that saw thy parting hour
Could wish thee here again?
Triumphant in thy closing eyes
The hope of glory shone;
Joy breathed in thy expiring sigh,
To think the race was run.
Thy passing spirit gently fled,
Sustained by grace divine;
O may such grace on us be shed,
And make our end like thine.