Let Me Die the Death of the Righteous

Representative Text

1 O, for the death of those
Who slumber in the Lord!
O, be like theirs my last repose,
Like theirs my last reward!

2 Their bodies in the ground
In silent hope may lie,
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound
Shall call them to the sky.

3 Then ransomed they will soar
On wings of faith and love.
To meet the Saviour they adore,
And reign with him above.

4 With us their names shall live
Through the remaining years,
Embalmed with all our hearts can give
Our praises and our tears.

5 O, for the death of those
Who slumber in the Lord!
O, be like theirs my last repose,
Like theirs my last reward!

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #948

Author: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O for the death of those
Title: Let Me Die the Death of the Righteous
Author: Anonymous
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Source: Church Psalmody
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

O for the death of those. [Burial.] The opening line of this hymn is the first line of J. Montgomery's "Ode to the Volunteers of Britain, On the Prospect of Invasion," published in his Wanderer of Switzerland and Other Poems, 1819; and the third line of stanza i. is partly from the last stanza but one of the same "Ode." From these extracts, and the whole tone and swing of the hymn, it is clear that it was suggested by the "Ode”. It appeared anonymously in Mason and Greene's American Church Psalmody, Boston, 1831, No. 616, in 5 stanza of 4 1. It is given in several modern American collections, including Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, and others. It is sometimes ascribed to J. Montgomery, and at other times to S. F. Smith, but in each case in error. Its authorship is unknown. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Tune

DENNIS (Nägeli)

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) arranged DENNIS and first published it in The Psaltery (1845), a hymnal he compiled with George. Webb (PHH 559). Mason attributed the tune to Johann G. Nageli (b. Wetzikon, near Zurich, Switzerland, 1773; d. Wetzikon, 1836) but included no source reference. Nageli presumably pu…

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #1081

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A Manual of Devotion for Soldiers and Sailors #83

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A Pastor's Selection of Hymns and Tunes #264

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #947

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Allgemeine Lieder-Sammlung #P15

Appendix to Mennonite Hymn Book #d30

Baptist Harmony #d167

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Carmina for the Sunday School and Social Worship #237

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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #669

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Carmina Sanctorum #669

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #532

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Christian Melodies #338

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Church Psalmody #H616

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Dew Drops of Sacred Song #113b

Familiar Hymns, Alphabetically Arranged. #d186

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General Baptist Hymn Book #d344

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Holy Voices #162

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d361

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #634

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #634

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #814

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #990

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #990

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Hymns for the Camp. (3rd ed. rev. and enl.) #130

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #1081

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New Hymn and Tune Book #215d

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Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion #29d

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Our Glad Hosanna #329

Our Service of Song #d193

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Pearly Portals #71a

Plymouth Collection #d58

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Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns #d94

Prison Hymn Book #d244

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #1184

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H479

Religious Education Music Manual #d93

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Sacred Melodies for Social Worship #24

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