Church Hymn Book ‎#CCXII

CCXII. Why should we start, and fear to die?

1 Why should we start, and fear to die?
What tim'rous worms we mortals are!
Death is the gate of endless joy,
And yet we dread to enter there.

2 The pains, the groans, the dying strife
Fright our approaching souls away;
Still we shrink back again to life,
Fond of our prison and our clay.

3 Oh! if my Lord would come and meet,
My soul should stretch her wings in haste,
Fly fearless thro' death’s iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she pass'd.

4 Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are,
While on his breast I lean my head,
And breathe my life out sweetly there.

Text Information

• First Line: Why should we start, and fear to die?
• Author: Watts
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1816
• Topic: Visitation of the Sick
• Notes: Public Domain.

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