is it well with the child?
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It shall be well with those
Whom he, on earth, in word and spirit blessed—
Those of the world, the brightest and the best:
Calmly their souls repose,—
Repose with him, whose voice the promise gave,
Whose death the pledge of life beyond the grave.
Whom he, on earth, in word and spirit blessed—
Those of the world, the brightest and the best:
Calmly their souls repose,—
Repose with him, whose voice the promise gave,
Whose death the pledge of life beyond the grave.
We know with her 't is well,
Called, in her sinless years, to join the band,
Who, 'mid his glory, with their Saviour stand,
Ere the unsullied swell
Of life's young fount a dark'ning stain can know,
Or the glad heart be touched with earthly wo.
Called, in her sinless years, to join the band,
Who, 'mid his glory, with their Saviour stand,
Ere the unsullied swell
Of life's young fount a dark'ning stain can know,
Or the glad heart be touched with earthly wo.
Let not the spirit weep—
Would we recall her from the immortal sphere,
Though the pure ransom were a parent's tear?
God shall the treasure keep
Unstained, unsullied, as a gem of light,
To beam forever in His heavenly sight.
Would we recall her from the immortal sphere,
Though the pure ransom were a parent's tear?
God shall the treasure keep
Unstained, unsullied, as a gem of light,
To beam forever in His heavenly sight.
