WHY SHOULD WE FEAR THE SWELLING FLOOD?
Don Fortner
(Tune:
Majestic Sweetness #52 CM)
Why
should we fear the swelling flood,
Or
dread our dying day?
Our blessed Savior by His blood
Has
borne the curse away.
Why do
we mourn departed friends,
As if
they suffered harm?
Death
is the messenger Christ sends
To
fetch them to His arms.
The
grave of every saint is blest;
Yes, blessed are the dead
Who,
dying in Christ Jesus, rest
Forever
with their Head!
When
Jesus comes, with trumpet sound,
The
dead in Christ shall rise;
His
saints shall come forth from the ground
Forever
glorified!
Savior, Your rich consolations
Of
grace and hope now send,
That we
may with faith and patience
Await our coming end.