Within the Churchyard, Side by Side (EN 4305)

EN 4305 Within the Churchyard, Side by Side

John.11.23

Versi Version 1

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Within the churchyard, side by side,

Are many long low graves;

And some have stones set over them,

On some the green grass waves.

2

Full many a little Christian child,

Woman, and man, lies there;

And we pass near them every time

When we go in to prayer.

3

They cannot hear our footsteps come,

They do not see us pass;

They cannot feel the warm bright sun

That shines upon the grass.

4

They do not hear when the great bell

Is ringing overhead;

They cannot rise and come to church

With us, for they are dead.

5

But we believe a day shall come

When all the dead will rise,

When they who sleep down in the grass,

Will ope again their eyes.

6

For Christ our Lord was buried once,

He died and rose again,

He conquered death, He left the grave;

And so will Christian men.

7

So when the friends we love the best

Lie in their churchyard bed,

We must not cry too bitterly

Over the happy dead;

8

Because, for our dear Savior’s sake,

Our sins are all forgiv’n;

And Christians only fall asleep

To wake again in Heav’n.

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