Adieu to a Departed Christian Friend.
1 Farewell, thou once a mortal,
Our poor, afflicted friend;
Go, pass the heavenly portal,
To God, thy glorious end.
2 The Author of thy being
Hath summoned thee away;
And faith is lost in seeing,
And night in endless day.
3 With those that went before thee,
The saints of ancient days,
Who shine in sacred story,
Thy soul hath found its place.
4 No loss of friends shall grieve thee;
That--we alone must bear;
They cannot, cannot leave thee,
Thy kind companions there.
5 From all thy care and sorrow
Thou art escaped to-day;
And we shall mount to-morrow,
And soar to thee away.