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Why should we weep for those who die?
Those blesséd ones who weep no more?
Jesus hath called them to the sky,
And gladly have they gone before.
A few short days they lingered here,
The appointed span of trial knew;
Dropped——early dropped the parting tear,
And early now have parted, too.
Up, up, in swift ascent, they rise,
Star after star of living light!
Why should we mourn that midnight skies
Become with added glories bright?
Far in the distant heavens they shine,
But still with borrowed lustre glow:
Saviour, the beams are only thine,
Of saints above, or saints below.
For them no bitter tears we shed,—
Their night of pain and grief is o'er,—
But weep our lonely path to tread,
And see the forms we loved, no more.
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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| 1866 | # 1215 |
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NAZARETH
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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| # 559 | Eb | | # 324 | D |
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) |
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