Scripture Verse

Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

Introduction

Words: Al­mi­ra Bot­toms, in The Pi­lot, by Al­fred E. Hel­ton (Le­noir, North Ca­ro­li­na: Teach­ers’ Mu­sic Pub­lish­ing, 1914), num­ber 69.

Music: Kır­şe­hir Charles A. Brock (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Bot­toms or Brock (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Today we think of loved ones gone,
Whose forms lie ’neath the sod so drear,
And long to join them round the throne,
And with them praise the Sav­ior dear.

Refrain

Sing praise to God this sac­red day,
And scat­ter flowers o’er mounds of clay;
While life shall last, all hon­or pay
Unto the dear ones gone!

While we are sing­ing songs of love,
And scat­ter­ing lov­ing tri­butes round,
Our hearts are raised to Heav’n above,
Where we by Je­sus shall be crowned.

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Our loved now rest­ing ’neath the sod,
We’ll meet o’er on the other side,
And dwell for­ev­er there with God,
If here the Sav­ior is our guide.

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Then ev­er rea­dy let us be,
With spir­it pure and free from sin,
That when our Sav­ior we shall see,
He’ll bid us, Wel­come! En­ter in!

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