Hymn
At the Funeral of a Young Person
When blooming youth is snatch'd away
By death's resistless hand,
Our hearts the mournful tribute pay
Which pity must demand.
While pity prompts the rising sigh,
O may this truth, imprest
With awful power,--'I too must die!'
Sink deep in every breast.
Let this vain world engage no more;
Behold the gaping tomb!
It bids us seize the present hour:
To-morrow death may come.
The voice of this alarming scene,
May every heart obey;
Nor be the heavenly warning vain,
Which calls to watch and pray.
Oh, let us fly--to Jesus fly,
Whose powerful arm can save;
Then shall our hopes ascend on high,
And triumph o'er the grave.
Great God! thy sovereign grace impart,
With cleansing, healing power;
This only can prepare the heart
For death's surprising hour.
At the Funeral of a Young Person — Text from Hymns, Selected and Original, 1828. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/at-the-funeral-of-a-young-person
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote At the Funeral of a Young Person?
The words of At the Funeral of a Young Person were written by Anne Steele; the version here was published in 1828. The library holds 47 more hymns by Anne Steele, including Pardoning Love and A Dying Savior.
Is At the Funeral of a Young Person public domain?
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What is the metre of At the Funeral of a Young Person?
At the Funeral of a Young Person is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, My God, Accept My Heart This Day, The Lord of Glory Is My Light and Christ, the Conqueror.