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(7.7.4.)
Composed for "Church Hymns with Tunes", S.P.C.K., 1874.
| 1 | Let no tears to-day be shed, Holy is the narrow bed. |
2 | Death eternal life bestows, Open heavens portal throws. |
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| Alleluia! | Alleluia! | |||||
| 3 | And no peril waits at last Him who now away hath past. |
4 | Not salvation hardly won, Not the meed of race well run. |
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| Alleluia! | Alleluia! | |||||
| 5 | But the pity of the Lord Gives His child a full reward. |
6 | Grants the prize without the course; Crowns, without the battles force. |
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| Alleluia! | Alleluia! | |||||
| 7 | God, who loveth innocence, Hates to take His darling hence. |
8 | Christ, when this sad life is done, Join us to Thy little one. |
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| Alleluia! | Alleluia! | |||||
| 9 | And in Thine own tender love, Bring us to the ranks above. |
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| Alleluia! Amen. | ||
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