LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | John Wesley
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| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 45
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| 1. Shrinking from the cold hand of death,
I too shall gather up my feet,
Shall soon resign this fleeting breath,
And die, my fathers' God to meet.
2. Numbered among thy people, I
Expect with joy thy face to see;
Because thou didst for sinners die,
Jesus, in death remember me!
3. O that without a lingering groan
I may the welcome word receive!
My body with my charge lay down,
And cease at once to work and live.
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