Tune: Day of Rest
(\'O day of rest and gladness\')
1 Thessalonians 4 v.13-18
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We need not be ignorant
Of those who, penitent
Sleep in Christ now, they have died
But life them not denied
We need not sorrow as they who
Have no hope, but we do
Rejoice, Christ is arisen
We shall share in this then
For if we believe He died
Rose again, none beside
Him as our Saviour, e\'en so
This hope we sure can know
That they who in Jesus sleep
God will bring them, will keep
Them with Him, they safe e\'er be
Throughout eternity
For the word of the Lord be
That we alive here, see
Who remain till His return
We shall from Him so learn
That we shall not them precede
That sleep, and we shall heed
The Lord Himself descending
He shall His triumph bring
Descends from ehaven wih shout
Archangel\'s voce sounds out
Trumpet of God loud is heard
Dead in Christ, at His word
Shall rise first, and then we shall
Who live, remain, do well
For we shall be caught up to
The clouds with them, \'tis true
We shall meet the Lord then there
In the air, with Him share
And shall be with Him ever
Forsaken be never
With Him and loved ones departed
Christ e\'er our living Head
Comfort, solace, strengthening
To each these words do bring