Thou Lord of Life and Death

Thou Lord of life and death

Blest Son of God the Fa­ther

Jesus

in hum­ble faith

Before Thy throne we ga­ther;

Thy Spir­it bids us come

In fer­vent pray­er to Thee

O bless Thy Christ­en­dom

Now and eter­nal­ly.

Thou speak­est but a word

And lo! the dead awak­en

Why should we sor­row

Lord

When those we love are tak­en

From this drear vale of tears

To realms of bliss above?

Hush Thou our griefs and fears

Thou fount of bound­less love.

When judg­ment trum­pets wake

All who in death are sleep­ing

To Sa­lem’s man­sions take

The saved in Thy love’s keep­ing.

When at Thy blest Arise!

We greet Thee

ris­en king

The realms be­yond the skies

With end­less praise shall ring.