Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims
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Hear what the voice from heaven proclaimsFor all the pious dead:Sweet is the savor of their names,And soft their sleeping bed.
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They die in Jesus and are blessed;How calm their slumbers are!From suffering and from sin released,And safe from every snare.
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Freed from this world of toil and strife,They 're sleeping in the Lord;Freed from the ills of mortal life,They wait a rich reward.