HOW blest the righteous when he dies ! When sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast! 2 So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So... Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship - Page 607by General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States - 1862 - 683 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1816 - 828 pages
...Happy are those who die in the Lord ; they rest from their labours — and their works follow them. " So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when...the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore." How mysterious to us are the dispensations of Providence : let us learn submission to its will! When... | |
| 1810 - 420 pages
...; How mildly beam the closing eyes ; How gently heaves th' expiring breast So fides a summer-cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er , So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies the wave along the shore. Triumphant, smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some angel's purple wingi ;... | |
| 1877 - 588 pages
...Monday, the 6th of August, 1877, in the 81st year of his age. " How bleat the righteous when he dies ! When sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beam the closing eyes ; How gently heaves the expiring breast. " So fades a summer oloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently... | |
| James Plumptre - 1811 - 486 pages
...righteous soul to rest ; How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! So fades a summer cloud away : So sinks the gale when...the eye of day : So dies a wave along the shore. 3 Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fann'd by some angel's purple wing. O Grave ! where is thy vict'ry... | |
| 1811 - 462 pages
...righteous soul to rest ; How mildly beam the closing eye* ! How gently heaves th' expiring breast! So fades a summer cloud away So sinks the gale, when...shuts the eye of day ; So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fauu'd by some angel's purple wing; O Grave ! where is thy vict'ry... | |
| 1812 - 356 pages
...righteous soul to rest ; How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves the expiring breast ! So fades a summer cloud away ; So sinks the gale when...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. Triumphant smiles the victor brow, Fan'd by some angel's purple wing : O grave ! where is thy victory... | |
| 1813 - 268 pages
...How mildly beam the closing eyes ! How gently heaves the expiring breast ! So fades a summer-cloud away ; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eye of day ; So dies the wave along the shore. *' Triumphant, smiles the victor brow ; Fanned by some angel's purple wing... | |
| Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - 696 pages
...o'er the grave. HYMN 166. LM The death of the righteous, 1 TTOW bless'd the righteous when he dies, XI When sinks a weary soul to rest, How mildly beam the...the gale, when storms are o'er ; So gently shuts the eve of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 14 HYMN CLXVII. CLXVIH. B. I1. 3 A holy quiet reigns around,... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 pages
...into death as unfearingly as a child seeks repose on its pillow — the day's fatigues all done. " So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when...gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along tin: shore. Triumphant smiles the victor's brow, Fanned by some angel's purple wing ; Where is, 0 grave,... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 640 pages
...by steady reliance on the Saviour and His kingdom, until gradually the motion ceased. " So fades the summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are...shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore." Her remains were interred at Highgate on May 25th, and the beautiful service of the New Church was... | |
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