Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Fear you not the King of terrors
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: 8s and 7s
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Hymn Number: 609
Page Number: 319, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFEAR you not the King of terrors,
And the terror of all kings,
Death, the source of constant horrors,
Telling still of frightful things-
Lands of darkness, shades of silence,
Gloomy vaults where pris'ners lie,
And the thousands he has conquered?
All, alas! must shortly die.
There the wicked cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest;
There the saints shall cease from suffering,
There they are divinely blest.
Free from sickness, free from sorrow,
Free from anguish, care, and pain,
No dread thoughts of gloomy horror,
Ere shall frighten them again.
There the saints sing hallelujahs,
And rejoice in Christ their King;
Ask the grave "Where is thy victory?"
"Boasting monster, where's thy sting?"
Since we're pardon's through the Saviour,
Tho' the grave may us annoy,
Death's the gate to endless pleasure-
Road to everlasting joy.