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Hymn
So also will God, through Jesus, bring with him them who sleep.
They, that in the Savior sleep,
Are not perished, are not dead;
Christ his own doth faithful keep,
All for whom on earth he bled.
Are not perished, are not dead;
Christ his own doth faithful keep,
All for whom on earth he bled.
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Sleeping, waking, we are one,
In the one, and risen Lord;
They, who from our sight have gone,
Soon with Him shall be restored!
In the one, and risen Lord;
They, who from our sight have gone,
Soon with Him shall be restored!
Naught created can divide
Soul from soul and heart from heart;
We in Him do still abide,
Though from earthly scenes we part.
Soul from soul and heart from heart;
We in Him do still abide,
Though from earthly scenes we part.
Weep not then, as others weep,
Who nor hope, nor peace have found;
Nor the soul in pleasures steep,
Which amid the world abound.
Who nor hope, nor peace have found;
Nor the soul in pleasures steep,
Which amid the world abound.
Keep their memories bright and fair,
Who, in Christ, have passed away;
Give not way to dark despair,
Rather strive, and watch, and pray.
Who, in Christ, have passed away;
Give not way to dark despair,
Rather strive, and watch, and pray.
Faith will take from death its sting;
And the friends, whom we deplore,
God, through Jesus, too will bring,
And with Him again restore.
And the friends, whom we deplore,
God, through Jesus, too will bring,
And with Him again restore.
Poem No. 649; June 1855
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