Blessed Are the Dead that Die in the Lord

Verse 1

Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims For all the pious dead! Sweet is the savour of their names, And soft their dying bed.

Verse 2

They die in Jesus, and are blest; How calm their slumbers are! From sufferings and from woes released, And freed from every snare:

Verse 3

Till that illustrious morning come, When all Thy saints shall rise, And, decked in full immortal bloom, Attend Thee to the skies.

Verse 4

Their tongues, great Prince of Life, shall join With their recovered breath, And all the immortal host ascribe Their victory to Thy death.