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*Poet: [[Eliza R. Snow]] | *Poet: [[Eliza R. Snow]] | ||
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| − | *Notes: The version in [[Latter-day Saint Hymns, 1927]] has five verses; the Psalmody cut some out due to making tunes a higher priority. | + | *Notes: The version in [[Latter-day Saint Hymns, 1927]] has five verses; the Psalmody cut some out due to making tunes a higher priority probably since there already existed a words only hymnal at the time with the extra verses. |
==Lyrics from [[Latter-day Saints Psalmody, 1889]] no. 266== | ==Lyrics from [[Latter-day Saints Psalmody, 1889]] no. 266== | ||
<pre>1. Hark! from afar a fune'ral knell | <pre>1. Hark! from afar a fune'ral knell | ||
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Contents
Tunes
- Rest, by George Careless
Associated Compilations
- Latter-day Saints Psalmody, 1889 no. 266 (to the tune Rest, by George Careless
- Latter-day Saint Hymns, 1927 no. 220 (to the tune Rest, by George Careless
Lyrics
- Poet: Eliza R. Snow
- Copyright: Public Domain
- Notes: The version in Latter-day Saint Hymns, 1927 has five verses; the Psalmody cut some out due to making tunes a higher priority probably since there already existed a words only hymnal at the time with the extra verses.
Lyrics from Latter-day Saints Psalmody, 1889 no. 266
1. Hark! from afar a fune'ral knell Moves on the breeze—its echoes swell The chorus for the dead! A consort's moans are in the sound. And sobs of children weeping round A parent's dying bed! 2. He's gone! his work on earth is gone, His battle's fought, his race is run; Blest is the path he trod. For he espoused the glorious cause, In prompt obedience to the laws Of the eternal God. 3. He sleeps; his troubles here are o'er; He sleeps where earthly ills no more Will break the slumb'rer's rest His dust is laid beneath the sod His spirit has returned to God, To mingle with the blest.
