Hymnal: The Sacred Melodeon
Date: 1848
Compiler: A S Hayden
Publisher/Printer: A S Hayden
First Line: Weep not for the saint that ascends
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: M Wilson
Meter: 8s and 9s
Tune: Saint's Rest
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 194, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWeep not for the saint that ascends
To partake of the joys of the sky;
Weep not for the seraph that bends
With the worshiping chorus on high.
Weep not for the spirit now crown'd
With the garland to martyrdom given;
Oh, weep not for him: he has found,
His reward and his refuge in heav'n.
But weep for their sorrows who stand
And lament o'er the dead by his grave;
Who sigh when they muse on the land
Of their home far away o'er the wave.
And weep for the nations that dwell
Where the light of the truth never shone;
Where anthems of peace never swell,
And the love of the Lord is unknown.