
Author: Dr. Watts Hymnal: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #CCXXX (1790) Lyrics: 1 Why do we mourn departed friends
Or shake at death’s alarm?
’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?
There the dear flesh of Jesus lay,
And left a long perfume:
3 The graves of all the saints he bless'd,
And soft'ned ev'ry bed;
Where should the living members rest
But with the dying head.
4 Thence he arose, and burst the chain,
To shew our feet the way.
From shades where death and darkness reign
To realms of endless day.
5 Then let the last loud trumpet sound,
And bid our kindred rise:
Awake, ye nations under ground;
Ye saints, ascend the skies.
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Why do we mourn departed friends