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And Now Beloved Lord Thy Soul Resigning [#AndNowBelovedLord #NowBelovedLord #BelovedLord #ThySoulResigning #SoulResigning #AndNowBelovedLordThySoulResigning]

Song written by:
Original in English: Eliza Sibbald Alderson [Eliza S. Alderson] (1818-1889)

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And now belovèd Lord Thy soul resigning
Into Thy Father’s arms with conscious will
Calmly with reverend grace Thy head inclining
The throbbing brow and laboring breast grow still

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Freely Thy life Thou yieldest meekly bending
E’en to the last beneath our sorrows’ load
Yet strong in death in perfect peace commending
Thy Spirit to Thy Father and Thy God

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My Savior in mine hour of mortal anguish
When earth grows dim and round me falls the night
O breathe Thy peace as flesh and spirit languish
At that dread eventide let there be light

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To Thy dear cross turn Thou my eyes in dying
Lay but my fainting head upon Thy breast
Those outstretched arms receive my latest sighing
And then oh! then Thine everlasting rest

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O love o’er mortal agony victorious
Now is Thy triumph now that cross shall shine
To earth’s remotest age revered and glorious
Of suffering’s deepest mystery the sign

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The present past and future here are blending
Moment supreme in this world’s history
Mid darkness opening graves and mountains rending
New light is dawning on humanity