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| Text: | I Cannot Think of Them as Dead |
| Author: | Frederick Lucian Hosmer, 1840-1929 |
| Tune: | DISTANT BELOVED |
| Composer: | W. Frederick Wooden, 1953- |
1 I cannot think of them as dead
who walk with me no more;
along the path of life I tread
they are but gone before,
they are but gone before.
2 And still their silent ministry
within my heart has place
as when on earth they walked with me
and met me face to face,
and met me face to face.
3 Their lives are made forever mine;
what they to me have been
has left henceforth its seal and sign
engraven deep within,
engraven deep within.
4 Mine are they by an ownership
nor time nor death can free;
for God has given to love to keep
its own eternally,
its own eternally.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | I cannot think of them as dead |
| Title: | I Cannot Think of Them as Dead |
| Author: | Frederick Lucian Hosmer, 1840-1929 |
| Meter: | 8.6.8.6.6. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1993 |
| Topic: | Transcending Mystery and Wonder: Transience; Change; Death and Life (3 more...) |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | DISTANT BELOVED |
| Composer: | W. Frederick Wooden, 1953- |
| Meter: | 8.6.8.6.6. |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Copyright: | © 1992 Unitarian Universalist Association |
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