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The Spirit's Song of Consolation.
—F. W. P. Greenwood.
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The Spirit's Song of Consolation. —F. W. P. Greenwood.
Dear parents, grieve no more for me;
My parents, grieve no more;
Believe that I am happier far
Than even with you before.
I've left a world where wo and sin
Swell onwards as a river,
And gained a world where I shall rest
In peace and joy forever.
My parents, grieve no more;
Believe that I am happier far
Than even with you before.
I've left a world where wo and sin
Swell onwards as a river,
And gained a world where I shall rest
In peace and joy forever.
Our Father bade me come to him,
He gently bade me come,
And he has made his heavenly house
My dwelling place and home.
On that best day of all the seven,
Which saw the Savior rise,
I heard the voice you could not hear,
Which called me to the skies.
He gently bade me come,
And he has made his heavenly house
My dwelling place and home.
On that best day of all the seven,
Which saw the Savior rise,
I heard the voice you could not hear,
Which called me to the skies.
I saw, too, what you could not see,
Two beauteous angels stand;
They smiling stood, and looked at me
And beckoned with their hand;
They said they were my sisters dear,
And they were sent to bear
My spirit to their blessed abode,
To live forever there.
Two beauteous angels stand;
They smiling stood, and looked at me
And beckoned with their hand;
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And they were sent to bear
My spirit to their blessed abode,
To live forever there.
Then think not of the mournful time
When I resigned my breath,
Nor of the place where I was laid,
The gloomy house of death;
But think of that high world, where I
No more shall suffer pain,
And of the time when all of us
In heaven shall meet again.
When I resigned my breath,
Nor of the place where I was laid,
The gloomy house of death;
But think of that high world, where I
No more shall suffer pain,
And of the time when all of us
In heaven shall meet again.
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