The Voice of Praise ‎#873

873. Why do we mourn departing friends?

1 Why do we mourn departing friends?
Or shake at death's alarms?
'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To call them to his arms.

2 Why should we tremble to convey
Their bodies to the tomb?
'Twas there the bleeding Saviour lay,
And left a rich perfume.

3 Thence he arose, and, upward borne,
In triumph led the way;
The sleeping saints, at his return,
Shall hail the glorious day.

4 Are we not tending upward, too,
As fast as time can move?
And can we wish the hours more slow
That keep us from our Love?

5 Soon shall the last loud trumpet sound,
And bid the saints arise;
Millions shall leave the trembling ground,
And mount the lofty skies.

Text Information

• First Line: Why do we mourn departing friends?
• Author: Watts
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Scripture:
  Jeremiah 22:10
  ;
  1 Thessalonians 4:14
• Topic: Life and Death; Death and Burial of a Saint

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