Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.
Revelation 14:13
Words: Frederick L. Hosmer, 1888. Hosmer wrote these words for an Easter service at his church.
Music: Gelobt sei Gott Melchior Vulpius (circa 1560–1615). Harmony by Henry G. Ley (1887–1962) (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good picture of Vulpius (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
O Lord of life, where’er they be,
Safe in Thine own eternity,
Our dead are living unto Thee:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
All souls are Thine, and here or there
They rest within Thy sheltering care;
One providence alike they share:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thy Word is true, Thy ways are just;
Above the requiem, Dust to dust,
Shall rise our psalm of grateful trust:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
O happy they in God who rest,
No more by fear and doubt oppressed,
Living or dying, they are blest:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!