Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Our fathers where are they
Topic: The Present and the Future/Life and Death
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1067
Page Number: 631, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOur fathers! where are they,
With all they call'd their own?
Their joys and griefs, their hopes and cares,
Their wealth and honor, gone!
But joy of grief succeeds
Beyond our mortal thought,
While still the remnant of their dust
Lies in the grave forgot.
God of our fathers, hear,
Thou everlasting Friend,
While we, as on life's utmost verge,
Our souls to thee commend.