
Author: James Montgomery Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #16508 First Line: Where are the dead? In Heaven or hell Lyrics:
1 Where are the dead? In Heaven or hell,
Their disembodied spirits dwell;
Their buried forms in bonds of clay,
Reserved until the judgment day.
2 Who were the dead? The sons of time
In every age, and state, and clime;
Renowned, dishonored, or forgot,
The place that knew them, knows them not.
3 Where are the living? On the ground,
Where prayer is heard, and mercy found;
Where, in the period of a span,
The mortal makes th’immortal man.
4 Who are the living? They whose breath
Draws every moment nigh to death;
Of bliss or woe the eternal heirs;
O what an awful choice is theirs!
5 Then timely warned, may we begin
To follow Christ, and flee from sin;
Daily grow up in Him our Head,
Lord of the living and the dead.
Languages: English Tune Title: BELOIT
Where Are The Dead?