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3 Yes, the Christian's course is run, Ended is the glorious strife, Fought the fight, the work is done, Death is swallow'd up of life! Borne by angels on their wings,
Far from earth the spirit flies, Finds his God, and sits, and sings, Triumphing in Paradise.
DESCRIBING DEATH.
4 Join we then, with one accord, In the new, the joyful song: Absent from our loving Lord
We shall not continue long: We shall quit the house of clay, We a better lot shall share; We shall see the realms of day, Meet our happy brother there.
5 Let the world bewail their dead, Fondly of their loss complain; Brother, friend, by Jesus freed, Death to thee, to us, is gain: Thou art enter'd into joy:
Let the unbelievers mourn; We in songs our lives employ, Till we all to God return.
HYMN 51.
7's.
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ARK! a voice divides the sky, HA Happy are the faithful dead! In the Lord who sweetly die,
They from all their toils are freed. Them the Spirit hath declared Blest, unutterably blest: Jesus is their great Reward, Jesus is their endless Rest.
2 Follow'd by their works, they go Where their Head hath gone before; Reconciled by grace below,
Grace hath open'd Mercy's door; Justified through faith alone,
Here they knew their sins forgiven; Here they laid their burden down, Hallow'd, and made meet for heaven.
3 Who can now lament the lot
Of a saint in Christ deceased? Let the world, who know us not, Call us hopeless and unbless'd: When from flesh the spirit freed, Hastens homèward to return, Mortals cry," A man is dead!" Angels sing," A child is born!"
1 Born into the world above,
They our happy brother greet; Bear him to the throne of Love, Place him at the Saviour's feet: Jesus smiles, and says," Well done, Good and faithful servant thou; Enter, and receive thy crown;
Reign with me triumphant now."
5 Angels catch the' approving sound, Bow, and bless the just award; Hail the heir with glory crown'd, Now rejoicing with his Lord: Fuller joys ordain'd to know,
Waiting for the general doom, When the Archangel's trump shall blow, " Rise, ye dead, to judgment come!"
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HYMN 52.
2-6's& 4-7's.
GAIN we lift our voice, And shout our solemn joys; Cause of highest raptures this, Raptures that shall never fail; See a soul escaped to bliss, Keep the Christian Festival. Our friend is gone before To that celestial shore; He hath left his mates behind, He hath all the storms outrode! Found the rest we toil to find, Landed in the arms of God.
4 No, dear companion, no;
We gladly let thee go,
From a suffering church beneath, To a reigning church above: Thou hast more than conquer'd death Thou art crown'd with life and love
And shall we mourn to see Our fellow- prisoner free?Free from doubts, and griefs, and fears, In the haven of the skies? Can we weep to see the tears Wiped for ever from his eyes?
Thou, in thy youthful prime, Hast leap'd the bounds of time: Suddenly from earth released, Lo! we now rejoice for thee; Taken to an early rest,
Caught into eternity. Thither may we repair, That glorious bliss to share; We shall see the welcome day, We shall to the summons bow: Come, Redeemer, come away: Now prepare, and take us now!
HYMN 53.
8's.
On the Death of a Widow.
1 IVE glory to Jesus our Head, A widow, a widow indeed,
A mother in Israel is gone! The winter of trouble is past; The storms of affliction are o'er Her struggle is ended at last,
And sorrow and death are no more.
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2 The soul hath o'ertaken her mate, And caught him again in the sky: Advanced to her happy estate,
And pleasure that never shall die: Where glorified spirits, by sight, Converse in their holy abode, A's stars in the firmament bright, And pure as the angels of God. 30 Heaven! what a triumph is there! Where all in his praises agree; His beautiful character bear,
And shine with the glory they see: The glory of God and the Lamb ( While all in the ecstasy join) Darts into their spiritual frame, And gives the enjoyment divine.
4 In loud hallelujahs they sing, And harmony echoes his praise.