Death and Resurrection

She hath passed death's chilling billow

No. 958
Metre 8s & 4s.
Tune ELLA.
Words Annie R. Smith.
Music F. E. Belden.
Key C major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 3/4
5 stanzas

Words

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She hath passed death's chilling billow,And gone to rest;Jesus smoothed her dying pillow,—O slumber blest!

From the bitter cup that's given,We should not shrink;Since the mandate is from heaven,That bids us drink.

Sleep, dear sister, kind and tender,To friendship true,While with feeling hearts we renderThis tribute due.

When the morn of glory, breaking,Shall light the tomb,Beautiful will be thy wakingIn fadeless bloom;

Where no wintry winds are blowing,—No burial train;Crowned with gems celestial, glowing,We'll meet again.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «DEATH AND RESURRECTION.»; hymn number «958» (large, left), tune name «ELLA. 8s & 4s.» centred over the music, «F. E. BELDEN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); in the left margin, printed vertically and read upwards, «by F. E. Belden.» beside system 1 and «Copyrighted 1886» beside system 2 (= «Copyrighted 1886 by F. E. Belden.»). Stanza 1 is set between the staves, one text line (two verse lines) per system, with «1.» before «She»; «chill - ing», «bil - low», «Je - sus», «dy - ing», «pil - low», «slum - ber» are printed in syllables and joined here. Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text in two columns below the music (2–3 left, 4–5 right), with no reference line; «Annie R. Smith.» in italics after stanza 5. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 From»); they are numbered «2.» here like stanza 1. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The printer's thin space before «;» («shrink ;», «bloom ;», «train ;») is closed up here. The dashes of «pillow,—» and «blowing,—» are the print's.