Hymn 752 – OUR life span is all but seventy years | C&S English Hymnary

1. OUR life span is all but seventy years Like the hirelings day Just like flowery weeds, we shall be hewned down And we shall thus pass on. Chorus: Goodbye, goodbye, dear beloved Goodbye, goodbye, dear beloved Goodbye, till the resurrection day. 2. Though the grass is dead, it lives no more Thou art dead yet to live And thou shall adorn unfading crown At the bossom of the Saviour. Chorus: Goodbye, goodbye... 3. In fellowship we are, previous months Lo! You are no more now Our dear beloved not in a sojourn But transiting by death. Chorus: Goodbye, goodbye... 4. May we be tutored by this instance To amend our characters Sapped tree may erect, while flourishing one May yet be hewned down soon. Chorus: Goodbye, goodbye... 5. Our testimonies, is our deeds on earth Revealing how we end Beloved thy good works transit with thee Thine best thou hath done on earth. Chorus: Goodbye, goodbye... 6. We condole with thee, family and Band Of our departed one, We shall fellowship in heaven above On the resurrection day. Chorus: Goodbye, goodbye, dear beloved Goodbye, goodbye, dear beloved Goodbye, till the resurrection day AMEN