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Blest is the mem’ry of the just!
And sweet their slumbers in the dust;
Tho’ lost, long lost to mortal eye,
Their glorious fame shall never die.
In life’s fair book the Patriarchs live;
Prophets and saints instruction give ;
Tho’ dead, they speak the truth divine,
And in example brightly shine.
By faith what wonders have they done—
They suff'rings bore, they vict’ries won;
By faith they promises obtain’d,
And kingdoms to its empire gain’d;
By faith they clos’d the Iion’s jaw,
And harmless made his dreadful paw;
Quench’d fiercest flames, escap‘d the sword,
And to new life the dead restor’d.
My soul, these ancient heroes view,
Their faith, their love, their zeal pursue;
Warm’d by each word and glorious deed,
In the same blessed path proceed.
O may I in their triumphs share;
And in my Saviour’s robes appear,
And give my Captain great renown,
Who gives me an immortal crown.
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Heb 11:33-34;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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FESTUS (BONN)
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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| # 331 | D | | # 364 | D | | # 363 | D | | # 229 | D | | # 59 | D |
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