 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1849 - 794 pages
...rest till he bid me arise, To hail him in triumph descending the skies. 3 Who, who would live sJway, away from his God — Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, Where rivers of pleasure flow bright o'er the plains, And the noontide of glory eternally reigns ? 4 There... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Isaac Watts - Bible - 1850 - 742 pages
...few fleeting mornings that dawn on us here Are enough for life's sorrows — enough for its cheer. 2 I would not live alway ; no, welcome the tomb; Since...arise, To hail him in triumph descending the skies. 3 Who, who would live alway, away from his God, Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, Where rivers... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1850 - 484 pages
...few fleeting mornings that dawn on us here Are enough for life's sorrows — enough for its cheer. 2 I would not live alway ; no, welcome the tomb ; Since...bid me arise, To hail him in triumph descending the 8 Who, who would live alway, away from his God, Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, Where rivers... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1885 - 974 pages
...penitent tears; The festival trump calls for jubilant songs, But my spirit her own miserere prolongs. I would not live alway; no, welcome the tomb ; Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its gloom; Where He deigned to sleep, I'll, too, bow my head, All peaceful to slumber on that. hallowed bed; Then... | |
 | Hymns, John Rylands - Hymns, English - 1885 - 612 pages
...E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears, And the cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears. I would not live alway ; no, welcome the tomb, Since Jesus hath lain there, 1 dread not its gloom ; There sweet be my rest till He bid me arise, To hail Him, in triumph descending... | |
 | Gospel music - 1885 - 472 pages
...The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. 2 I would not live alway ; no, welcome the tomb! Since Jesus hath Iain there, I dread not its gloom; There sweet be my rest till he bid me arise, To hail him in triumph... | |
 | Roswell Dwight Hitchcock, Zachary Eddy, Lewis Ward Mudge - Gospel music - 1886 - 462 pages
...E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears, And the cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears. ' 3 I would not live alway ; no, welcome the tomb ; Since...arise, To hail Him in triumph descending the skies. THE LAST SLEEP. 4.6. D. Who, who would live alway, away from his God ; Away from yon Heaven, that blissful... | |
 | American poetry - 1886 - 552 pages
...the full matiu-song. as the sleepers arise. To shout in the morning, shall peal through the skies. Who, who would live alway, away from his God, Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, Where rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright plains, And the noontide of glory eternally reigns; Where the... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 pages
...trump calls for jubilant songs, But my spirit her own miserere prolongs. I would not live alway—no, welcome the tomb, Since Jesus hath lain there I dread not its gloom; Where he deigned to sleep, I'll too bow my head, All peaceful to slumber on that hallowed bed. Then... | |
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I would not live alway ; no, welcome the tomb ! Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its gloom ; There, sweet be my rest, till He bid me arise To hail Him in triumph descending the skies. 
