Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: What though the arm of conquering death
Topic: The Present and the Future/Life and Death
Writer: <no first name given> Doddridge
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1064
Page Number: 629, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhat though the arm of conquering death
Does God's own house invade;
What though our teacher and our friend
Is numbered with the dead; -
Though earthly shepherds dwell in dust,
The aged and the young;
The watchful eye in darkness closed,
And dumb th' instructive tongue?
Th' eternal Shepherd still survives,
His teaching to impart:
Lord, be our Leader and our Guide,
And rule and keep our heart.
Yes, while the dear Redeemer lives,
We have a boundless store.
And shall be fed with what he gives,
Who lives for evermore.