Death and Resurrection

The God of love will sure indulge

No. 914
Metre L. M.
Tune WOODWORTH.
Words Anon.
Music William B. Bradbury.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 6/4
4 stanzas

Words

The God of love will sure indulgeThe flowing tear, the heaving sigh,When death inflicts his fatal wound,When tender friends and kindred die.

Yet not one anxious, murmuring thoughtShould with our mourning passions blend,Nor would our bleeding hearts forgetThe almighty, ever-living Friend.

Beneath a numerous train of illsOur feeble flesh and heart may fail;Yet shall our hope in thee, our God,O'er every gloomy fear prevail.

Our Father, God! to thee we look,Our Rock, our Portion, and our Friend;And on thy covenant love and truth,Our sinking souls shall still depend.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «DEATH AND RESURRECTION.» (hymn 914 opens this section); hymn number «914» (large), tune name «WOODWORTH. L. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «WILLIAM B. BRADBURY.» at the right in the composer slot (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «The»: «1. The God of love will sure indulge The flow - ing tear, the heav - ing sigh,» under system 1 and «When death in - flicts his fa - tal wound, When tender friends and kin - dred die.» under system 2 («indulge» and «tender» are printed as whole words under their two notes). The reference line «918, 431.» in italic figures stands centred over stanza 2 (sing also to the tunes of hymns 918 and 431). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, numbered «2»–«4» without periods (written «2.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 are indented. «Anon.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («God !», «Friend ;», «fail ;»); it is closed up here. The apostrophe of «O'er» is written straight. Stanza 2, line 2 («Should with our mourning passions blend,») is broken by the column width in the print («blend,» on a line of its own) and is joined here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.