A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship ‎#380

380. At the Funeral of a young Person

1 When blooming youth is snatch'd away
By death's resistless hand,
Our hearts the mournful tribute pay
Which pity must demand.

2 While pity prompts the rising sigh,
O may this truth, impress'd
With awful power,--"I too must die:"
Sink deep in every breast.

3 Let this vain world engage no more;
Behold the gaping tomb!
It bids us seize the present hour,
To-morrow death may come.

4 The voice of this alarming scene,
May every heart obey;
Nor be the heavenly warning vain,
Which calls to watch and pray.

5 Oh, let us fly--to Jesus fly,
Whose powerful arm can save;
Then shall our hopes ascend on high,
And triumph o'er the grave.

6 Great God! thy sovereign grace impart,
With cleansing, healing power;
This only can prepare the heart
For death's surprising hour.

Text Information

• First Line: When blooming youth is snatch'd away
• Title: At the Funeral of a young Person
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1845
• Topic: Consummation of Things: Death
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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