Church Book ‎#559

559. Wherefore should I make my moan

1 Wherefore should I make my moan,
Now the darling child is dead?
He to early rest is gone,
He to paradise is fled:
I shall go to him, but he
Never shall return to me.

2 God forbids his longer stay;
God recalls the precious loan;
God hath taken him away
From my bosom to His own:
Surely what He wills is best:
Happy in His will I rest.

3 Faith cries out, It is the Lord,
Let Him do as seems Him good!
Be Thy holy Name adored;
Take the gift awhile bestowed;
Take the child no longer mine;
Thine he is, for ever Thine.

Text Information

• First Line: Wherefore should I make my moan
• Author: C. Wesley (1749)
• Meter: 7s.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Death of a Child; Death and Eternity: Burial

Tune Information

• Name: REDHEAD, 76
• Meter: 7s.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Composer from index: R. Redhead, 1853