 | Hymns - 1844 - 328 pages
...— Dying words of Rev. Thomas Drummond. AWAY from his home and the friends of his youth, He hasted the herald of mercy and truth; For the love of his...Soon, alas ! was his fall — but he died at his post. 2 The stranger's eye wept, that, in life's brightest bloom, One gifted so highly should sink to the... | |
 | W. P. Rowles - Monterrey (Mexico) - 1853 - 242 pages
...highly should sink to the tomb ; For in ardor he lod in the van of th? host, And fell like a soldier — he died at his post. He wept not himself that his...was done— ' The battle was fought and the victory won ; But he whisper'd to those that his heart clung to most Tell my countrymen that / died at my post.... | |
 | George W. Henry - Evangelists - 1853 - 528 pages
...T* *-^-P— p JTI . . — j — In — -fi — i — ^-i *— ^-H — «_1 _B-^ — L[_ ^_^_| ^i 1 . For the love of his Lord, and to seek for the lost : F^fcqiqf Soon, a - las I was his fall, — but he died at his post : 0 0 SPIRITUAL SONGS. Soon, a-las... | |
 | James Bradley Finley - Methodism - 1854 - 594 pages
...forth a dirge pleasant but mournful. " Away from his home and the friends of bis youth, He hasted, the herald of mercy and truth ; For the love of his...Soon, alas ! was his fall — but he died at his post. The stranger's eye wept, that, in life's brightest bloom, One gifted so highly should sink to the tomb... | |
 | James Bradley Finley - Methodism - 1854 - 562 pages
...sent forth a dirge pleasant but mournful. " Away from Ms home and the friends of his youth, He hasted, the herald of mercy and truth ; For the love of his...Soon, alas ! was his fall — but he died at his post. The stranger's eye wept, that, in life's brightest bloom, One gifted so highly should sink to the tomb... | |
 | Andrew Manship - Evangelistic work - 1856 - 430 pages
...the hymn, with much pathos, beginning, "Away from hia home and the friends of his youth, He hasted, the herald of mercy and truth, For the love of his...Soon, alas! was his fall, but he died at his post." Rev. Dr. Kennaday. We felt the presence of that God, in the house and in our hearts, of whom it was... | |
 | William McDonald, Stephen Hubbard - Hymns, English - 1856 - 296 pages
...\Tord« by KeT. WK. HDHTIB. lls&12s.22P Away from his home and the friends of his youth,He hasted,1he herald of -»-»-•-* *•-»•mercy and truth ;...love of his lord, and to seek for the lost ; Soon, a las, was Ids fiill. Bat he died at hi* post, Soon, a - las, was his fall, But he died at his post... | |
 | George W. Henry - Hymns, English - 1857 - 284 pages
...THE FAITHFUL SENTINEL, 11s & 12s. 1. Away from his home and the friends of his youth, He hasted — the. herald of mercy and truth ; For the love of his Lord, and to seek for the lost : -•--•_LL— CVtt-:.— Lk-US Soon, a - las ! was his fall, — but he died at his post : =t=#... | |
 | Asa Fitz - Hymns, English - 1857 - 170 pages
...brightest bloom, One gift - ed so high - ly shouli —) , ;«, 1> 1 ... £»I— ^| l -N— mer - cy and truth, For the love of his Lord, and to seek for the lost ; Soon, a-| -zj— J^zzzI^r zjzzczf^zXiZ-l— z—£ — zj5 — I ' |z -* — *T — 5-» — id — « —... | |
 | A. C. Rose - Families - 1859 - 112 pages
...; One gift-ed so high-ly should sink to the tomb ; The battle was fought, and the vie -to - ry won; For the love of his Lord, and to seek for the lost ; - <r — m — i — i 1 — For in ar-dor he led in the van of the host, But he whispered of those... | |
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The stranger's eye wept, that, in life's brightest bloom, One gifted so highly should sink to the tomb ; For in ardor he led in the van of the host, And he fell like a soldier — he died at his post. 
