The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7153

7153. We Cannot Think of Them as Dead

1. We cannot think of them as dead
Who walk with us no more;
Along the path of life we tread—
They have but gone before.

2. The Father’s house is mansioned fair
Beyond our vision dim;
All souls are His, and here or there
Are living unto Him.

3. But still their silent ministries
Within our hearts have place,
As when on earth they walked with us
And met us face to face.

4. Ours are they by an ownership
Nor time nor death can free;
For God hath given love to keep
Its own eternally.

Text Information

• First Line: We cannot think of them as dead
• Title: We Cannot Think of Them as Dead
• Author: Frederick L. Hosmer (1882)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: First published in The Thought of God, first series, 1885
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. FLAVIAN
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 11713 22114 31233
• Key: F Major
• Source: Day's Psalter, 1563
• Copyright: Public Domain