Adventist Pioneer Library

Death and Resurrection

The morning flowers display their sweets

  • No. 919
  • Words Samuel Wesley, Jr.
  • 6 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

The morning flowers display their sweets,And gay their silken leaves unfold,As careless of the noontide heats,As fearless of the evening cold.

2

Nipped by the wind's unkindly blast,Parched by the sun's directer ray.The momentary glories waste,The short-lived beauties die away.

3

So blooms the human face divineWhen youth its pride of beauty shows;Fairer than spring the colors shine,And sweeter than the virgin rose.

4

Or worn by slowly rolling years,Or broke by sickness in a day,The fading glory disappears,The short-lived beauties die away.

5

Yet these, new rising from the tomb,With luster brighter far shall shine,Revive with ever-during bloom,Safe from diseases and decline.

6

Let sickness blast, let death devour,If heaven but recompense our pains;Perish the grass, and fade the flower,If firm the word of God remains.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «919» (large) in the left column of p. 309, under hymn 918 («F. E. Belden.»), with the reference line «914, 923.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 914 WOODWORTH or 923 RETREAT, both L. M.; the second number was first read «928», corrected U-341, see `uncertainties.md`). No meter is printed; the four lines 8.8.8.8 are L. M., like 914. Stanzas 1–4 stand in the left column; stanzas 5–6 continue at the top of the right column, above hymn 920, followed by «Samuel Wesley, Jr.» in italics (the J an italic swash capital). Stanzas numbered «1»–«6» without periods (written «1.»–«6.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 of each stanza indented. The first word «THE» is set in capitals and small capitals; written «The». The print sets a thin space before «;» («shows ;», «pains ;»); it is closed up here, and the apostrophes are written straight («wind's», «sun's»). Two damaged sorts are read as the letters they are («hεats» = «heats», stanza 1; «divıne» = «divine», stanza 3). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («luster», «directer», «ever-during», «broke»).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Death and Resurrection · No. 919 · printed page 309
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02