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Farewell! I say with gladness

Hymnal: ELHL1892 #371 (1893) Meter: 7.6 Lyrics: 1 FAREWELL! I say with gladness, False, evil world, farewell! Thy life is sin and sadness, With thee I would not dwell; In heaven are better pleasures, I long for that bright sphere Where God grants endless treasures To those that served Him here. 2 Do with me as it pleases Thy heart, O Son of God! When anguish on me seizes, Help me to bear my load; Nor then my sorrows lengthen, But take me hence on high; My fearful spirit strengthen, And let me calmly die. 3 When all around is darkling, Thy name and cross, still bright, Deep in my heart are sparkling, Like stars in blackest night. Appear Thou in Thy sorrow, For Thine was woe indeed, And from Thy cross I borrow All comfort heart can need. 4 Thou diedst for me,--O hide me When tempests round me roll; Through all my foes, O guide me, Receive my trembling soul. If I but grasp Thee firmer, What matters pain when past? Hath he a cause to murmur Who reaches heaven at last? 5 O write my name, I pray Thee, Now in the book of life; So let me here obey Thee, And there, where joys are rife, Forever bloom before Thee, Thy perfect freedom prove, And tell, as I adore Thee, How faithful was Thy love. Topics: Death and Burial Languages: English

For me to live is Jesus

Hymnal: ELHL1892 #372 (1893) Meter: 7.6 Lyrics: 1 FOR me to live is Jesus, To die is gain for me, To Him I gladly yield me, And die right cheerfully. 2 From hence I go with gladness To Christ my Brother's side, That I may soon be with Him, And e'er with Him abide. 3 I have o'ercome life's crosses, Grief, pain, and sorrow cease, Through His five wounds most holy With God I am at peace. 4 When all my powers are breaking, My breath comes heavily, Nor word more I can utter, Lord, hear my sighs to Thee! 5 When reason, sense, and thinking, Fail like a flickering light, That to and fro doth waver, Ere 'tis extinguished quite: 6 Then let me softly, gently, Lord, fall asleep in Thee, When by Thy will and counsel My last hour comes to me. 7 As to the oak the ivy, So let me cleave to Thee, And live in heavenly glory With Thee eternally. 8 Amen! this wilt Thou, Jesus, Grant graciously to me: Endow me with Thy Spirit, That I fare happily. Topics: Death and Burial Languages: English

Hark! a voice divides the sky

Hymnal: ELHL1892 #373 (1893) Lyrics: 1 HARK! a voice divides the sky: Happy are the faithful dead, In the Lord who sweetly die; They from all their toils are freed. 2 Them the Spirit hath declared Blest, unutterably blest; Jesus is their great Reward, Jesus is their endless Rest. 3 Followed by their works, they go Where their Head had gone before; Reconciled by grace below, Grace hath opened mercy’s door. 4 Justified through faith alone, Here they knew their sins forgiven; Here they laid their burden down, Hallowed and made meet for heaven. 5 When from flesh the spirit freed Hastens homeward to return, Mortals cry: "A man is dead!" Angels sing: "A child is born!" Topics: Death and Burial Languages: English

Hark! a voice saith, All are mortal

Hymnal: ELHL1892 #374 (1893) Meter: 8.7 Lyrics: 1 HARK! a voice saith, All are mortal. Yea, all flesh must fade as grass, Only through death's gloomy portal To a better land we pass; This frail body here must perish, Ere the heavenly joys it cherish, Ere it gain the free reward For the ransomed of the Lord. 2 Therefore, when my God doth choose it, Willingly I'll yield my life, Nor will grieve that I should lose it, For with sorrows it was rife; And in my Redeemer's merit Peace hath found my troubled spirit, And in death my comfort is Jesus' death--sweet comfort this! 3 For my sake He went before me, And His death is now my gain; Peace and hope He conquered for me; So without regret or pain, Yea, with joy I'll quit earth's sadness For the beauteous heaven of gladness, Where I shall eternally See the holy Trinity. 4 There is joy beyond our telling, Where so many saints have gone; Thousands, thousands there are dwelling, Worshipping before the throne, There the Seraphim are shining, Evermore in chorus joining: "Holy, holy, holy, Lord! Triune God, for aye adored!" 5 Worthies there, of sacred story, Prophets, Patriarchs, are met; There Apostles too in glory Fill twelve thrones by Jesus set; All the saints that have ascended Age on age, through time extended, There in blissful concert, sing Hallelujahs to their King. 6 O Jerusalem, how glorious Dost thou shine, thou city fair! Lo! I hear the tones victorious Ever sweetly sounding there! O the bliss that there surprises! Lo! the sun of morn now rises, And the breaking day I see That shall never end for me! 7 Yea, I see what here was told me, See that wondrous glory shine; Feel the spotless robes enfold me, Know a golden crown is mine, Thus before the throne so glorious Now I stand, a soul victorious, Gazing on that joy for aye That shall never pass away. Topics: Death and Burial Languages: English

I fall asleep in Jesus' wounds

Hymnal: ELHL1892 #375 (1893) Lyrics: 1 I fall asleep in Jesus' wounds, There pardon for my sins abounds; Yea, Jesus' blood and righteousness My jewels are, my glorious dress. Wherein before my God I stand, When I shall reach the heavenly land. 2 With peace and joy I now depart, God's child I am with all my heart; I thank thee, death, thou leadest me To that true life where I would be. So cleansed by Christ, I fear not death. Lord Jesus, strengthen Thou my faith! Topics: Death and Burial Languages: English

I would not live alway; I ask not to stay

Hymnal: ELHL1892 #376 (1893) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Lyrics: 1 I WOULD not live alway; I ask not to stay Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way: The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. 2 I would not live alway; thus fettered by sin, Temptation without, and corruption within; E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears, And the cup of salvation with penitent tears. 3 I would not live alway; no, welcome the tomb; Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its gloom; There sweet be my rest, till He bid me arise To hail him in triumph descending the skies. 4 Who, who would live alway, away from His God? Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, Where the rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright plains, And the noontide of glory eternally reigns: 5 Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet; While the songs of salvation unceasingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul. Topics: Death and Burial Languages: English

Jesus! I live to Thee

Hymnal: ELHL1892 #377 (1893) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 JESUS! I live to Thee, The Loveliest and Best! My life in Thee, Thy life in me, In Thy blest love I rest. 2 Jesus! I die to Thee, Whenever death shall come; To die in Thee is life to me In my eternal home. 3 Whether to live or die, I know not which is best; To live in Thee is bliss to me, To die is endless rest. 4 Living or dying, Lord, I ask but to be Thine; My life in Thee, Thy life in me, Makes heaven forever mine. Topics: Death and Burial Languages: English

Lord Jesus Christ, true man and God

Hymnal: ELHL1892 #378 (1893) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: LORD Jesus Christ, true man and God, Who borest anguish, scorn, the rod, And diedst at last upon the tree, To bring Thy Father's grace for me: 2 I pray Thee, through that bitter woe, Let me, a sinner, mercy know, When comes the hour of failing breath, And I must wrestle, Lord, with death. 3 When from my sight all fades away, And when my tongue no more can say, And when mine ears no more can hear, And when my heart is racked with fear. 4 When all my mind is darkened o'er, And human help can do no more; Then come, Lord Jesus, come with speed, And help me in my hour of need. 5 Lead me from this dark vale beneath, And shorten then the pangs of death; All evil spirits drive away, But let Thy Spirit with me stay, 6 Until my soul the body leave; Then in Thy hands my soul receive, And let the earth my body keep, Till the last day shall break its sleep. 7 Joyful my resurrection be, Thou in the Judgment plead for me, And hide my sins, Lord, from Thy face, And give me life, of Thy dear grace! 8 Implicitly I trust Thee, Lord, For Thou hast promised in Thy Word: "In truth I tell you, who receives My Word, and keeps it, and believes, 9 Shall never fall God's wrath beneath, Shall never taste eternal death; Though here he must return to dust, He still is noways therefore lost; 10 For I will with a mighty hand Deliver him from death's strong band, And lift him hence that he shall be Forever in my realm with me. 11 Forever living there in bliss." O let us not that glory miss! Dear Lord, forgive us all our guilt, Help us to wait until Thou wilt 12 That we depart; and let our faith Be brave, and conquer even in death, Firm resting on Thy sacred Word, Until we sleep in Thee, our Lord. Topics: Death and Burial Languages: English

Now hush your cries and shed no tear

Hymnal: ELHL1892 #379 (1893) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 NOW hush your cries and shed no tear, On such death none should look with fear; He died a faithful Christian man, And with his death true life began. 2 Coffin and grave we deck with care, His body reverently we bear, It is not dead, but rests in God, And softly sleeps beneath the sod. 3 It seems as all were over now,-- The heavy limbs, the souless brow,-- Yet through these rigid limbs once more A nobler life, ere long, shall pour. 4 These bones now dead, again shall feel New warmth and vigor through them steal, And reunited they shall soar On high to live for evermore. 5 This body, lying stiff and stark, Shall soon rise upward from the dark, And swiftly mount up through the skies, Even as the spirit heavenwards flies, 6 The buried grain of wheat must die, Withered and worthless long must lie, Yet springs to light all sweet and fair, And proper fruits shall richly bear. 7 Even so this body, made of dust, To earth we once again entrust, Where it shall slumber free from pain, Till from the dead it rise again. 8 God breathed into this house of clay The spirit that hath passed away; The righteous mind, the noble heart, The living faith did Christ impart. 9 Now earth has hid it from our eyes, Till God shall bid it wake and rise, Who ne'er the creature will forget, On whom His image He hath set. 10 Ah! would that promised day were here, When Christ shall once again appear, And bring them to their heavenly home Who have been buried in the tomb. Topics: Death and Burial Languages: English

Now lay we calmly in the grave

Hymnal: ELHL1892 #380 (1893) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 NOW lay we calmly in the grave This form, whereof no doubt we have That it shall rise again that day, In glorious triumph o'er decay. 2 And so to earth again we trust What came from dust and turns to dust, And from the dust shall surely rise, When the last trumpet fills the skies. 3 His soul forever lives in God, Whose grace his pardon hath bestowed, Who through his Son redeemed him here From bondage to both sin and fear. 4 His trials and his griefs are past, A blessed end is his at last; He bore Christ's yoke and did His will, And though he died he liveth still. 5 He lives where none do mourn and weep, And calmly shall this body sleep, 'Tis God shall death Himself destroy, And raise it into glorious joy. 6 He suffered pain and grief below, Christ heals him now from all his woe; For him hath endless joy begun; He shines in glory like the sun. 7 Then let us leave him to his rest, And homeward turn, for he is blest: And we must well our souls prepare, For death may seize us everywhere. 8 So help us, Christ, our Hope in loss! Thou hast redeemed us by Thy cross From endless death and misery; We praise, we bless, we worship Thee! Topics: Death and Burial Languages: English