2 Shall join the disembodied saints, o 3 In hope of that immortal crown, And gladly wander up and down, And wipe away his servant's tears, e 5 Oh, what hath Jesus bought for me! Rivers of life divine I see, And trees of Paradise. o 6 I see a world of spirits bright, 8 Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, But let me find them all again, HYMN 224. L. M. Carthage. [b *] Death of the Sinner and Saint. 1 WHAT scenes of horrour and of dread Await the sinner's dying bed! Death's terrours all appear in sight, e 2 His sins in dreadful order rise, o Death strikes the blow he groans and criesAnd, in despair and horrour-dies. -4 Not so the heir of heavenly bliss: 1 T Fawcett. HYMN 225. C. M. St. Ann's. [*] 2 With joy I see a thousand charms, d 3 'I take these little lambs,' said he, 4 'Death may the bands of life unloose, 'Millions of infant souls compose "The family above. 5 Their feeble frames my power shall raise, 'And mould with heavenly skill: 'I'll give them tongues to sing my praise, 'And hands to do my will.' o 6 His words, ye happy parents, hear, And shout, with joys divine, d 'Dear Saviour, all we have and are, 'Shall be for ever thine.' 1 T Stennet. HYMN 226. C. M. Canterbury. [b*] YE On the death of Children. Isa. iv, 5. E mourning saints, whose streaming tears Say not, in transports of despair, 2 While, cleaving to that darling dust, Rise, and with joy, and reverence, view e 3 Though, your young branches torn away, d 4 'I'll give the mourner,' saith the Lord, 5 'Transient and vain is every hope 'In endless honour and delight, 'My children all shall live.' -6 We welcome, Lord, those rising tears, Through which thy face we see; [hearts, o And bless those wounds which, through our Prepare a way to thee. Doddridge. HYMN 227. C. M. Isle of Wight. [*] Death of a Young Person. THEN blooming youth is snatch'd away Our hearts the mournful tribute pay, Which pity must demand. 2 While pity prompts the rising sigh, Oh, may this truth, impress'd e With awful power-I too must die— Sink deep in every breast. e 3 Let this vain world engage no more: -It bids us seize the present hour! Nor be the heavenly warning vain, : o 5 Oh let us fly, to Jesus fly, Then shall our hopes ascend on high, -6 Great God, thy sovereign grace impart, 1 HYMN 228. C. M. Zion. [*] Steele. Death of Pious Friends. 1 Thess. iv, 13, 14. TAK Their better being never ends; o So his disciples rise and reign, [friends e 4 The time draws nigh, when from the clouds Christ shall with shouts descend; g And the last trumpet's awful voice The heavens and earth shall rend. 5 Then they who live shall changed be, And they who sleep shall wake; o The graves shall yield their ancient charge, And earth's foundation shake. o 6 The saints of God, from death set free, 7 A few short years of evil past, o Where death-divided friends, at last, Shall meet to part no more. 1 Scotch Par. HYMN 229. C. M, St. Paul's. [b*] YE ⠀⠀ The Christian's Farewell. E golden lamps of heaven, farewell, 2 And thou, refulgent orb of day, In brighter flames array'd; My soul that springs beyond thy sphere, 3 Ye stars are but the shining dust The pavement of those heavenly courts, o 4 The Father of eternal light Shall there his beams display; Nor shall one moment's darkness mix 5 No more the drops of piercing grief Nor the meridian sun decline, Amidst those brighter skies. g 6 There all the millions of his saints And each the bliss of all shall view, 1 Doddridge. HYMN 230. 8s. Consolation. [*] HOW Death Gain to a Belicver. OW blest is our friend-now bereft Whose relics with envy I see; |