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How Sweet the Hour of Closing Day
Future Life📖 "He shall enter into peace, they shall rest in their beds." -Isa. 57:2.
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How sweet the hour of closing day, When all its peaceful and serene, And the broad sun's retiring ray, Sheds a mild lustre o'er the scene!
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Such is the Christian's parting hour, So peacefully he sinks to rest; And faith, rekindling all its pow'r, Lights up the languour of his breast.
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There is a radiance in his eye, A smile upon his wasted cheek, That seems to tell of glory nigh In language that no tongue can speak.
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A beam from heav'n is sent to cheer The pilgrim on his gloomy road; And angels are attending near To bear him to their bright abode.
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O Lord, that we may thus depart, Thy joys to share, Thy face to see, Impress Thine image on our heart, And teach us now to walk with Thee.