| Baron Stow, Samuel Francis Smith, Richard Fuller, Jeremiah Bell Jeter - Baptists - 1847 - 782 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 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... | |
| Baptists - 1744 - 726 pages
...sleepers arise To shou( in the morning, shall peal through the skies. Who, who would live alway f — 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... | |
| Hymns, English - 1848 - 488 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... | |
| George Putnam - Boston (Mass.) - 1848 - 42 pages
...that dawn on us here, Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. 2 1 would not live away ; no — welcome the tomb ; Since Jesus hath lain there,...arise, To hail him in triumph descending the skies. IX. BENEDICTION.* BY REV. CYRUS H. FAY. And now may that peace of God which passeth all understanding... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1848 - 460 pages
...hymn proceeded, the emotions of the old preacher seemed to follow the sentiment of the verses— '• I would not live alway : no, welcome the tomb, Since...dread not its gloom : There sweet be my rest, till he hid me arise, To hail him in trinmph descending the skies." As the fine voice of my friend swelled... | |
| Robert Cassie Waterston - Hymns, English - 1848 - 702 pages
...alway. 1 I WOULD not live alway : I ask not to stay Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way : I would not live alway : no, welcome the tomb, Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its gloom. 2 Who, who would live alway, away from his God, Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode ! Where the... | |
| John Boyden - 1848 - 314 pages
...ll's. 1. 1 would not live alway : I ask not to stay Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way; I would not live alway : no — welcome the tomb ;...Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its gloom. 2. Who who would live alway, away from his God, Away from you heaven, that blissful abode? Where the... | |
| George Putnam - Boston (Mass.) - 1848 - 38 pages
...that dawn on us here, Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. 2 I would not live away ; no — welcome the tomb ; Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its gloom ; There eweet be my rest, till he bid me arise, To hail him in triumph descending the skies. IX. BENEDICTION.*... | |
| Maria D. Weston - American fiction - 1848 - 332 pages
...fairer realm, " it is sweet to die ! I love to think that I was born to prepare for this hour ! " " O, who would live alway, away from his God, Away from yon Heaven, that blissful abode ! " ' To her husband, she bade a most tender and affectionate farewell, saying, " I shall expect to... | |
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