Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: It is not death to die
Topic: The Present and the Future/Life and Death
Writer: <no first name given> Bethune
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1066
Page Number: 630, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIt is not death to die-
To leave this weary road,
And, 'mid the brotherhood on high,
To be at home with God.
It is not death to close
The eye long dimmed by tears,
And wake in glorious repose
To spend eternal years.
It is not death to bear
The wrench that sets us free
From dungeon chain - to breathe the air
Of boundless liberty.
It is not death to fling
Aside this sinful dust.
And rise, on strong, exulting wing,
To live among the just.
Jesus, thou Prince of life!
Thy chosen can not die;
Like thee, thy conquer in the strife,
To reign with thee on high.