Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Dear is the spot where Christians sleep
Topic: Death/A Sleep
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: William Bradbury
Meter: LM
Tune: Bacca
Hymn Number: 244
Page Number: 091, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDEAR is the spot where Christians sleep,
And sweet the strains their spirits pour;
O why should we in anguish weep?
They are not lost, but gone before.
Secure from every mortal care,
By sin and sorrow vex'd no more,
Eternal happiness they share
Who are not lost, but gone before.
To Zion's peaceful courts above
In faith triumphant may we soar,
Embracing, in the arms of love,
The frinds not lost, but gone before.
To Jordan's bank whene'er we come,
And hear the swelling waters roar,
Jesus! convey us safely home,
To friends not lost, but gone before.