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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Sister thou wast mild and lovely (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Sister thou wast mild and lovely

Topic: The Present and the Future/Life and Death

Writer: S Smith

Composer:

Meter: 8s and 7s

Tune:

Hymn Number: 1076

Page Number: 637, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Sister, thou wast mild and lovely,

Gentle as the summer breeze,

Pleasant as the air of evening,

When it floats among the trees.



Peaceful be thy silent slumber-

Peaceful in the grave so low:

Thou no more wilt join our number;

Thou no more our songs shalt know.



Dearest sister, thou hast left us;

Here thy loss we deeply feel;

But 't is God that hath bereft us:

He can all our sorrows heal.



Yet again we hope to meet thee,

When the day of life is fled,

Then in heaven with joy to greet thee,

Where no farewell tear is shed.