The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#929

929. The living know that they must die

1 The living know that they must die,
But all the dead unconscious lie;
Their powers of thought and sense are gone,
Alike unknowing the unknown.

2 Their hatred and their love are lost,
Their envy buried in the dust;
They have no share in all that's done
Beneath the circuit of the sun.

3 Then what my thoughts design to do,
My hands must hasten to pursue;
Since no device, nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.

Text Information

• First Line: The living know that they must die
• Author: Anon.
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Death and Resurrection

Tune Information

• Name: WINDHAM
• Composer: Daniel Read
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: d minor or modal
• Notes: Alternate tunes: 927 or 932.