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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 656 · Words: Charles Wesley
If Death My Friend and Me Divide
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →Written by Charles Wesley in 1762, this hymn addresses grief at the death of a friend while proclaiming the Christian hope of resurrection and eternal reunion. It moves from sorrow to confident assurance that death is not final.
Verse 1
If death my friend and me divide,
thou dost not, Lord, my sorrow chide,
or frown my tears to see;
restrained from passionate excess,
thou bidst me mourn in calm distress
for them that rest in thee.
Verse 2
I feel a strong immortal hope,
which bears my mournful spirit up
beneath its mountain load;
redeemed from death, and grief, and pain,
I soon shall find my friend again
within the arms of God.
Verse 3
Pass a few fleeting moments more
and death the blessing shall restore
which death has snatched away;
for me thou wilt the summons send,
and give me back my parted friend
in that eternal day.
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