It Is Not Death to Die Lyrics M. A. C. Malan, translated by G. W. Bethune, 1847
5 verses, meter S. M., public domain, free to print and project.
The words
Verse 1. It is not death to die,
To leave this weary road,
And midst the brotherhood on high
To be at home with God.
Verse 2. It is not death to close
The eye long dimmed by tears
And wake in glorious repose
To spend eternal years.
Verse 3. It is not death to bear
The wrench that sets us free
From dungeon chain, to breathe the air
Of boundless liberty.
Verse 4. It is not death to fling
Aside this sinful dust
And rise, on strong, exulting wing,
To live among the just.
Verse 5. Jesus, Thou Prince of Life,
Thy chosen cannot die;
Like Thee, they conquer in the strife
To reign with Thee on high.
Words copied from Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (Abridged Edition) (1927). They were published in 1847, so they are in the public domain in the United States, and your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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