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Hymn: When the spark of life is waning (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: When the spark of life is waning

Topic: The Present and the Future/Life and Death

Writer: <no first name given> Dale

Composer:

Meter: 8s and 4s

Tune:

Hymn Number: 1091

Page Number: 646, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

When the spark of life is waning,

Weep not for me;

When the languid eye is streaming,

Weep not for me;

When the feeble pulse is ceasing,

Start not at its swift decreasing;

'Tis the fettered soul's releasing,

Weep not for me.



When the pangs of death assail me,

Weep not for me;

Christ is mine, he can not fail me,

Weep not for me;

Yes, though sin and doubt endeavor,

From his love my soul to sever,

Jesus is my strength for ever;

Weep not for me.