The Voice of Praise ‎#889

889. Friend after friend departs

1 Friend after friend departs:
Who has not lost a friend?
There is no union here of hearts
That finds not here an end.
Were this frail world our only rest,
Living or dying, none were blest.

2 Beyond the flight of time,
Beyond this vale of death,
There surely is some blessed clime
Where life is not a breath,
Nor life's affections transient fire
Whose sparks fly upward to expire.

3 There is a world above
Where parting is unknown;
A whole eternity of love
Formed for the good alone;
And faith beholds the dying here
Translated to that happier sphere.

4 Thus star by star declines
Till all are passed away,
As morning high and higher shines
To pure and perfect day.
Nor sink those stars in empty night;
They hide themselves in heaven's own light.

Text Information

• First Line: Friend after friend departs
• Author: Montgomery
• Meter: H. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Topic: Life and Death; Departing Friends
• Notes: Public Domain.

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