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Text: | What Is It For A Saint To Die? |
Author: | Joseph Swain |
Tune: | SONG 67 |
Arranger: | Henry T. Smart |
Composer: | Orlando Gibbons |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 What is it for a saint to die,
That we the thought should fear?
’Tis but to pass the heav’nly sky,
And leave pollution here.
2 True, Jordan’s stream is wondrous deep,
And Canaan’s walls are high;
But He, that guards us while we sleep,
Can guide us when we die.
3 A parting world, a gaping tomb,
Corruption and disease,
Are thorny paths to Heav’n our home,
And doors to endless bliss!
4 Eternal glory just before,
And Jesus waiting there,
A heav’nly gale to waft us o’er—
What have the saints to fear?
Text Information | |
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First Line: | What is it for a saint to die |
Title: | What Is It For A Saint To Die? |
Author: | Joseph Swain |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Walworth Hymns (London: J. Matthews, 1792) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: SAWLEY by James Walch, SERENITY by Uzziah C. Burnap and William V. Wallace, SOHO by Joseph Barnby |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SONG 67 |
Composer: | Orlando Gibbons (1623) |
Arranger: | Henry T. Smart |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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