Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Dear as thou wast and justly dear
Topic: Death/Of a Christian
Writer: Thomas Dale
Composer: T Cook
Meter: CM
Tune: Prayer
Hymn Number: 348
Page Number: 123, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDEAR as thou wast, and justly dear,
We would not weep for thee;
One thought shall check the starting tear;
It is that thou art free.
And thus shall faith's consoling pow'r
The tears of love restrain;
O who that saw thy parting hour
Could wish thee here again!
Gently the passing spirit fled,
Sustain'd by grace divine;
O may such grace on us be shed,
And make our end like thine!