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FUNERAL
THOUGHT.
12,
11.
"And
there
shall
be
no
night
there,
and
they
need
no
candle,
neither
light
of
the
sun,
for
the
Lord
God
giveth
them
light."-REV.
22:
5.
REGINALD
HEBER,
1818.
Key
of
F
Major.
On
the
Death
of
an
Infant.
CALDWELL,
1835.
1. Thou
art
gone
to
the
grave,but
we
will
not
de-plore
thee,
Tho'
sor-rows
and
dark-ness
en-com
-
pass
the
tomb;
The
Sav
-
iour
has
2.
Thou
art
gone
to
the grave,
we
no
lon
-
ger
be-hold
thee, Nor
tread
the
rugh
paths
of
the
world
by
thy
side;
But
wide
arms
of
3. Thou
art
gone
to
the
grave,and
thy
cra
-
dle's
for-sak
-
en, With
us
thy
fond
spir
-
it
did
not
tar
-
ry
long,
But
the
sun-shine
4.
Thou
art
gone
to
the
grave, but 'twere
wrong
to
de-plore
thee,
When
God
was
thy
ran-som,
and
guar-dian,
and
guide;
He
gave
thee,
and
passed
thro'
it's
por
-
tals
be
-
fore
thee,
And
the
lamp
of
his
love
is
thy
guide
thro'
the
gloom,
And
the
lamp
of
his
love
is
thy
guide
thro'
the
gloom.
mer
-
cy
are
spread
to
en
-
fold
thee,
And
sin-ners
may
hope, since
the
Saviour
hath
died,
And
sin-ners
may
hope, since
the
Sav-iour
hath
died.
of
heav'n
beamed
bright
on
thy
waking,
And
the
sound
thou
didst
hear
was
the
seraphim's
song,
And
the
sonud
thou
didst
hear
was
the
seraphim's
song.
took
thee, and
soon
will
re-store
thee,
Where
death
hath
no
sting,since
the
Saviour
hath
died,
Where
death
hath
no
sting,since
the
Saviour
hath
died.
The
hymn
of
this
tune
was
composed
by
Bishop
Reginald
Heber
on
the
death
of
his
only
child.
It
is
a
hymn
of
resignation
and
faith
in
the
resurrection
of
the
dead.
Reginald
Heber,
D.
D.,
was
born
1783
and
died
1826.
He
belonged
to
the
Church
of
England.
He
was
an
American,
and
Bishop
of
Calcutta.
He
was
the
son
of
a
clergyman
of
the
same
name,
was
reared
at
Cheshire,
England,
and
educated
at
Oxford.
He
wrote
fifty-seven
valuable
hymns,
among
one
of
his
best
was
the
preceding
one.
He
was
also
a
poet,
and
wrote
books
on
this
subject.
This
tune
was
composed
by
Caldwell.
See
"Southern
Harmony,"
by
William
Walker,
page
257.
It
has
been
in
the
"Sacred
Harp"
since
1844.
We
have
been
unable
to
find
out
anything
about
Mr.
Caldwell
further
than
his
name
is
marked
to
the
tune
in
the
old
song
books.