Text:Hymn 47
Author:Isaac Watts

I.47. Hymn 47

Must friends and kindred droop and die,
And helpers be withdrawn?
While sorrow with a weeping eye
Counts up our comforts gone?

Be thou our comfort, mighty God!
Our helper and our friend;
Nor leave us in this dangerous road,
Till all our trials end.

O may our feet pursue the way
Our pious fathers led!
With love and holy zeal obey
The counsels of the dead.

Let us be weaned from all below,
Let hope our grief expel,
While death invites our souls to go
Where our best kindred dwell.

Text Information
First Line: Must friends and kindred droop and die
Title: Hymn 47
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1806
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