Why should we tremble to convey
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Why should we tremble to conveyThe Christian to the tomb?There once the flesh of Jesus lay,And left a long perfume.
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The graves of all his saints he blest,And softened every bed;Where should the dying members rest,But with their dying Head?
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Thence he arose, ascending high,And showed our feet the way:Up to the Lord we all shall flyAt the great rising day.
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Then let the last loud trumpet sound,And bid our kindred rise:Awake, ye nations under ground;Ye saints, ascend the skies.