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Safe in the Arms of Jesus
Author: Frances Jane (Crosby) Van Alstyne Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain Appears in 431 hymnals Topics: Last Things Death and Burial of Children Lyrics: 1 Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast,
There by His love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul shall rest.
Hark! ’tis the voice of angels
Borne in a song to me,
Over the fields of glory,
Over the jasper sea.
Refrain:
Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast,
There by His love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul shall rest.
2 Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe from corroding care,
Safe from the world’s temptations,
Sin cannot harm me there.
Free from the blight of sorrow,
Free from my doubts and fears;
Only a few more trials,
Only a few more tears! [Refrain]
3 Jesus, my heart’s dear refuge,
Jesus has died for me;
Firm on the Rock of Ages
Ever my trust shall be.
Here let me wait with patience,
Wait till the night is o’er;
Wait till I see the morning
Break on the golden shore. [Refrain]
Amen. Used With Tune: SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS
Safe in the Arms of Jesus
Abide with Me
Author: Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1,671 hymnals Topics: Death and Burial First Line: Abide with me, fast falls the eventide Lyrics: 1 Abide with me, fast falls the eventide.
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
2 I need Thy presence ev'ry passing hour;
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's pow'r?
Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.
3 Come not in terrors, as the King of kings,
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings;
Tears for all woes, a heart for ev'ry plea.
Come, Friend of sinners, thus abide with me.
4 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.
5 I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still if Thou abide with me!
6 Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies.
Heav'n's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
Scripture: Luke 24:29 Used With Tune: EVENTIDE
Abide with Me
It is not death to die
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 176 hymnals Topics: Sickness, Death, and Burial Lyrics: 1 It is not death to die--
To leave this weary road,
And 'midst the brotherhood on high,
To be at home with God.
2 It is not death to close
The eye long dimmed by tears,
And wake in glorious repose
To spend eternal years.
3 It is not death to bear
The wrench that sets us free
From dungeon chain, to breathe the air
Of boundless liberty.
4 It is not death to fling
Aside this sinful dust,
And rise on strong exulting wing,
To live among the just.
5 Jesus, Thou Prince of Life,
Thy chosen cannot die:
Like Thee, they conquer in the strife,
To reign with Thee on high. Used With Tune: BOYLSTON
It is not death to die
Asleep in Jesus! Blessed Sleep
Author: Margaret (MacKay) Mackay Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,056 hymnals Topics: Last Things Death and Burial Lyrics: 1 Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.
2 Asleep in Jesus! O how sweet,
To be for such a slumber meet!
With holy confidence to sing
That death has lost its venomed sting!
3 Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest,
Whose waking is supremely blest:
No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour
That manifests the Saviour's power.
4 Asleep in Jesus! O for me
May such a blissful refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie,
And wait the summons from on high.
Amen. Used With Tune: BRESLAU
Asleep in Jesus! Blessed Sleep
Captain and Saviour of the host
Author: G. Rawson Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Death and Burial Used With Tune: DUNDEE (French)
Captain and Saviour of the host
Sunset and Evening Star
Author: Alfred Tennyson Meter: Irregular Appears in 165 hymnals Topics: Last Things: Death and Burial Lyrics: Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark;
For, though from out our bourne of time and place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.
Amen. Used With Tune: CROSSING THE BAR
Sunset and Evening Star
I Fall Asleep in Jesus' Wounds
Author: Catherine Winkworth; Paul Eber, d. 1569 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 16 hymnals Topics: The Last Things Death and Burial Lyrics: 1 I fall asleep in Jesus' wounds,
There pardon for my sins abounds;
Yea, Jesus' blood and righteousness
My jewels are, my glorious dress.
In these before my God I'll stand
When I shall reach the heav'nly land.
2 With peace and joy I now depart;
God's child I am with all my heart.
I thank thee, Death, thou leadest me
To that true life where I would be.
So cleansed by Christ, I fear not death.
Lord Jesus, strengthen Thou my faith.
Amen.
Scripture: Luke 2:29 Used With Tune: VATER UNSER
I Fall Asleep in Jesus' Wounds
When our heads are bowed with woe
Appears in 164 hymnals Topics: Sickness, Death, and Burial Lyrics: 1 When our heads are bowed with woe,
When our bitter tears o'erflow,
When we mourn the lost, the dear,
Jesus, Son of Mary, hear!
2 Thou our throbbing flesh hast worn,
Thou our mortal griefs hast borne,
Thou hast shed the human tear;
Jesus, gracious Saviour, hear!
3 When the solemn death-bell tolls
For our own departing souls,
When our final doom is near,
Jesus, gracious Saviour, hear!
4 Thou hast bowed the dying head,
Thou the blood of life hast shed,
Thou hast filled a mortal bier;
Jesus, gracious Saviour, hear!
5 When the heart is sad within
With the thought of all its sin,
When the spirit shrinks with fear,
Jesus, gracious Saviour, hear!
6 Thou the shame, the grief, hast known;
Though the sins were not Thine own,
Thou hast deigned their load to bear;
Jesus, Lord and Saviour, hear! Used With Tune: REDHEAD, 47
When our heads are bowed with woe
A Few More Years Shall Roll
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 381 hymnals Topics: Last Things: Death and Burial Lyrics: 1 A few more years shall roll,
A few more seasons come,
And we shall be with those that rest,
Asleep within the tomb:
Then, O my Lord, prepare
My soul for that great day;
O wash me in Thy precious blood,
And take my sins away!
2 A few more storms shall beat
On this wild, rocky shore,
And we shall be where tempests cease,
And surges swell no more.
A few more struggles here,
A few more partings o'er,
A few more toils, a few more tears,
And we shall weep no more.
3 'Tis but a little while
And He shall come again,
Who died that we might live, who lives
That we with Him may reign:
Then, O my Lord, prepare
My soul for that glad day;
O wash me in Thy precious blood,
And take my sins away!
Amen. Used With Tune: CHALVEY
A Few More Years Shall Roll
O sacred Head, now wounded
Meter: 7.6 Appears in 724 hymnals Topics: Sickness, Death, and Burial Lyrics: 1 O sacred Head, now wounded,
With grief and shame weighed down,
Now scornfully surrounded
With thorns, Thine only crown;
O sacred Head, what glory,
What bliss, till now was Thine!
Yet, though despised and gory,
I joy to call Thee mine.
2 I see Thy strength and vigor
All fading in the strife,
And death with cruel rigor
Bereaving Thee of life;
O agony and dying!
O love to sinners free!
Jesus, all grace supplying,
Oh, turn Thy face on me.
3 What Thou, my Lord, hast suffered
Was all for sinners' gain;
Mine, mine was the transgression,
But Thine the deadly pain;
Lo, here I fall, my Saviour,
'Tis I deserve Thy place;
Look on me with Thy favor,
Vouchsafe to me Thy grace.
4 In this Thy bitter passion,
Good Shepherd, think of me
With Thy most sweet compassion,
Unworthy though I be:
Beneath Thy cross abiding
Forever would I rest,
In Thy dear love confiding,
And with Thy presence blest.
5 The joy can ne'er be spoken,
Above all joys beside,
When in Thy body broken
I thus with safety hide:
My Lord of Life, desiring
Thy glory now to see,
Beside Thy cross expiring,
I'd breathe my soul to Thee.
6 What language shall I borrow
To thank Thee, dearest Friend,
For this Thy dying sorrow,
Thy pity without end?
Oh, make me thine forever;
And should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never
Outlive my love to Thee!
7 And when I am departing,
Oh, part Thou not from me!
When mortal pangs are darting,
Come, Lord, and set me free!
And when my heart must languish
Amidst the final throe,
Release me from mine anguish,
By Thine own pain and woe!
8 Be Thou my consolation
And shield when I must die;
Remind me of Thy passion,
When my last hour draws nigh.
Mine eyes shall then behold Thee,
Upon Thy cross shall dwell,
My heart by faith enfold Thee:
Who dieth thus, dies well.
Used With Tune: O SACRED HEAD, NOW WOUNDED
O sacred Head, now wounded
One Sweetly Solemn Thought
Author: Phoebe Cary Appears in 696 hymnals Topics: Death and Burial Refrain First Line: Nearer my home, Nearer my home Scripture: Hebrews 11:16 Used With Tune: [One sweetly solemn thought]
One Sweetly Solemn Thought
The Will of God Is Always Best
Author: Albrecht von Preussen, 1490-1568 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Death and Burial Lyrics: 1 The will of God is always best
And shall be done forever;
And they who trust in Him are blest;
He will forsake them never.
He helps indeed
In time of need;
He chastens with forbearing,
They who depend
On God, their friend,
Shall not be left despairing.
2 God is my comfort and my trust,
My hope and life abiding;
And to His counsel, wise and just,
I yield, in Him confiding.
The very hairs,
His Word declares,
Upon my head He numbers.
By night and day
God is my stay;
He never sleeps nor slumbers.
3 Lord, this I ask, O hear my plea,
Deny me not this favor:
When Satan sorely troubles me,
Then do not let me waver.
O guard me well,
My fear dispel,
Fulfill Your faithful saying:
All who believe
By grace receive
An answer to their praying.
4 When life's brief course on earth is run
And I this world am leaving,
Grant me to say, "Your will be done,"
Your faithful Word believing.
My dearest Friend, I now commend
My soul into Your keeping;
From sin and hell,
And death as well,
By You the vict'ry reaping.
Scripture: Matthew 6:10 Used With Tune: WAS MEIN GOTT WILL (Isorhythmic) Text Sources: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941 (Tr.) alt.
The Will of God Is Always Best
The Things of the Earth in the Earth Let Us Lay
Author: John Mason Neale Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Last Things Death and Burial Lyrics: 1 The things of the earth in the earth let us lay;
The ashes with ashes, the dust with the clay:
But lift up the heart, and the eyes, and the love,
O lift up the soul to the regions above!
2 Since He, the Immortal, hath entered the gate,
So, too shall we mortals, or sooner or late:
Then stand we on Christ; let us mark Him ascend,
For His is the glory and life without end.
3 On earth with His own ones, the Giver of good,
Bestowing His blessing, a little while stood;
Now nothing can part us, nor distance, nor foes,
For lo! He is with us, and who can oppose?
4 So, Lord, we commit this our loved one to Thee,
Whose body is dead, but whose spirit is free:
We know that through grace, when our life here is o'er,
In bliss we shall be with the Lord evermore.
Amen. Used With Tune: PAULINA
The Things of the Earth in the Earth Let Us Lay
Who Knows When Death May Overtake Me
Author: Ä. Juliane, 1637-1706 Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Death and Burial Used With Tune: WER WEISS, WIE NAHE Text Sources: The Lutheran Hymnal, St. Louis, 1941 (tr.)
Who Knows When Death May Overtake Me
The Sands of Time
Author: A. R. Cousins Appears in 312 hymnals Topics: Death and Burial First Line: The sands of time are sinking Scripture: Isaiah 33:17 Used With Tune: RUTHERFORD
The Sands of Time
Sleep Thy Last Sleep
Author: Edward Arthur Dayman Meter: 4.6.4.6 D Appears in 104 hymnals Topics: Last Things Death and Burial Lyrics: 1 Sleep thy last sleep,
Free from care and sorrow;
Rest where none weep,
Till th'eternal morrow;
Though dark waves roll
O'er the silent river,
Thy fainting soul
Jesus can deliver.
2 Life's dream is past,
All its sin and sadness;
Brightly at last
Dawns a day of gladness:
Under the sod,
Earth, receive our treasure,
To rest in God,
Waiting all His pleasure.
3 Though we may mourn
Those in life the dearest,
They shall return,
Christ, when Thou appearest:
Soon shall Thy voice
Comfort those now weeping,
Bidding rejoice
All in Jesus sleeping.
Amen. Used With Tune: REQUIEM (BARNBY)
Sleep Thy Last Sleep
My course is Run, Praise God, My Course is Run
Author: August Zich; Andreas Gryphius Meter: 10.6.10.6.9.9.4.4 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: The Last Things Death and Burial First Line: My course is run. Praise God, my course is run Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:7 Used With Tune: ES IST GENUG
My course is Run, Praise God, My Course is Run
Thou art gone to the grave! but we will not deplore thee
Author: R. Heber Appears in 309 hymnals Topics: Death and Burial Used With Tune: EMS
Thou art gone to the grave! but we will not deplore thee
Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense
Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78 Meter: 7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 56 hymnals Topics: Death and Burial Lyrics: 1 Jesus Christ, my sure defense
And my Savior, now is living!
Knowing this, my confidence
Rests upon the hope here given
Though the night of death be caught
Still in many an anxious thought.
2 Jesus, my redeemer, lives;
Likewise I to life shall waken.
He will bring me where he is;
Shall my courage then be shaken?
Shall I fear, or could the head
Rise and leave his members dead?
3 No, I am too closely bound
By my hope to Christ forever;
Faith's strong hand the rock has found,
Grasped it, and will leave it never;
Even death now cannot part
From its Lord the trusting heart.
4 I am flesh and must return
To the dust, whence I am taken;
But by faith I now discern
That from death I will awaken
With my Savior to abide
In his glory, at his side.
5 Then these eyes my Lord will know,
My redeemer and my brother;
In his love my soul will glow--
I myself and not another!
Then the weakness I feel here
Will forever disappear.
6 Then take comfort and rejoice,
For his members Christ will cherish.
Fear not, they will hear his voice;
Dying, they will never perish;
For the very grave is stirred
When the trumpet's blast is heard.
7 Oh, then, draw away your hearts
From all pleasures base and hollow.
Strive to share what he imparts
While you here his footsteps follow.
As you now still wait to rise,
Fix your hearts beyond the skies. Used With Tune: JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT Text Sources: Berlin, 1653
Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense
So fades the lovely, blooming flow'r
Author: Anna Steele Appears in 137 hymnals Topics: Christian Life and Hope The Consummation: Death and Burial; Christian Life and Hope The Consummation: Death and Burial Lyrics: 1 So fades the lovely, blooming flow'r;
Frail, smiling solace of an hour;
So soon our transient comforts fly,
And pleasure only blooms to die.
2 Is there no kind, no healing art
To soothe the anguish of the heart?
Spirit of grace, be ever nigh;
Thy comforts are not made to die.
3 Let gentle patience smile on pain,
Till dying hope revives again;
Hope wipes the tear from sorrow's eye,
And faith points upward to the sky. Used With Tune: ZEPHYR
So fades the lovely, blooming flow'r
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