Send a Blessing

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, tell me no more Of this world's vain store; The time for such trifles with me is now o'er. A country I've found Where true joys abound, To dwell I'm determined on that happy ground." Jesus takes souls into Paradise. The singer hopes to join them
AUTHOR: Original German text: Benjamin Scmolcke, translated by John Gambold (source: hymnary.org)
EARLIEST DATE: 1742 (Moravian Hymn Book, according to hymnary.org)
KEYWORDS: religious death Jesus
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
MidwestFolklore, Mary O. Eddy, "Twenty Folk Hymns," Volume 3, Number 1 (Spring 1953), p. 35, "Unitia P.M." (1 excerpt, 1 tune)
Roud #42536
File: MWF3035A

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