Death Is Only A Dream
- Words:
- C. W. Ray
- Music:
- A. J. Buchanan
Sheet music
- 1Sadly we sing and with tremulous breath,As we stand by the mystical streamIn the valley and by the dark river of death,And yet ‘tis no more than a dream.Only a dream, only a dreamOf glory beyond the dark stream,How peaceful the slumber, how happy the waking,For death is only a dream.
- 2Why should we weep when the weary ones rest,In the bosom of Jesus supreme;In the mansions of glory prepared for the blest?For death is no more than a dream.Only a dream, only a dreamOf glory beyond the dark stream,How peaceful the slumber, how happy the waking,For death is only a dream.
- 3Naught in the river the saints should appall,Tho it frightfully dismal my seem,In the arms of their Savior no ill can befall,They find it no more than a dream.Only a dream, only a dreamOf glory beyond the dark stream,How peaceful the slumber, how happy the waking,For death is only a dream.
- 4Over the turbid and onrushing tideDoth the light of eternity gleam,And the ransomed the darkness and storm shall outride,To wake with glad smiles from their dream.Only a dream, only a dreamOf glory beyond the dark stream,How peaceful the slumber, how happy the waking,For death is only a dream.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1892, the words are in 82 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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