Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Death 'tis a melancholy day
Topic: Funeral Hymns
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 161
Page Number: 161, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDeath, 'tis a melancholy day,
To those that have no God;
When the poor soul is force away,
To seek her last abode.
In vain to heaven she lifts her eyes,
For guilt, a heavy chain,
Still drags her downward from the skies,
To darkness, fire and pain.
Awake and mourn, ye heirs of hell,
Let stubborn sinners fear;
You must be driven from earth, & dwell
A long forever there.
See how the pit gapes wide for you,
And flashes in your face;
And thou, my soul, look downward too,
And sing recov'ring grace.
He is a God of sovereign love,
That promised heaven to me;
And taught my soul to soar above,
Here happy spirits be.
Prepare me Lord, for thy right hand,
Then come the joyful day,
Come death, and some celestial band,
And bear my soul away.