IN MEMORIAM[3]
Now I lay me down to rest,While the sun is in the west;When the stars all brightly shine,If it be the will of Thine,Watch and guard me, Lord, I pray,Through the night as through the day;Guard me, Lord, Thou knowest best,While I lay me down to rest.Now I lay me down to rest,Parting friends my lips have pressed;Farewell, kindred here below,Jesus calls me, I must go.Not my will but Thine be done;When my earthly race is run,And life’s sun sinks in the west,Calmly lay me down to rest.Now I lay me down to rest,Help me, Lord, to stand the test;When I’m laid upon the bier,In the grave there’ll be no fear.When these throbbing pulses cease,When with God I’ve made my peace,Closely in the cold earth pressed,Calmly lay me down to rest.Now I lay me down to rest,May my soul be doubly blest;Though my flesh and bones decay,’Neath the earth’s cold clods of clay,My soul will rise on wings of love,To dwell with Him in heaven above;Sweetly there, on Jesus’ breast,I will lay me down to rest.
Now I lay me down to rest,While the sun is in the west;When the stars all brightly shine,If it be the will of Thine,Watch and guard me, Lord, I pray,Through the night as through the day;Guard me, Lord, Thou knowest best,While I lay me down to rest.Now I lay me down to rest,Parting friends my lips have pressed;Farewell, kindred here below,Jesus calls me, I must go.Not my will but Thine be done;When my earthly race is run,And life’s sun sinks in the west,Calmly lay me down to rest.Now I lay me down to rest,Help me, Lord, to stand the test;When I’m laid upon the bier,In the grave there’ll be no fear.When these throbbing pulses cease,When with God I’ve made my peace,Closely in the cold earth pressed,Calmly lay me down to rest.Now I lay me down to rest,May my soul be doubly blest;Though my flesh and bones decay,’Neath the earth’s cold clods of clay,My soul will rise on wings of love,To dwell with Him in heaven above;Sweetly there, on Jesus’ breast,I will lay me down to rest.
Now I lay me down to rest,While the sun is in the west;When the stars all brightly shine,If it be the will of Thine,Watch and guard me, Lord, I pray,Through the night as through the day;Guard me, Lord, Thou knowest best,While I lay me down to rest.
Now I lay me down to rest,
While the sun is in the west;
When the stars all brightly shine,
If it be the will of Thine,
Watch and guard me, Lord, I pray,
Through the night as through the day;
Guard me, Lord, Thou knowest best,
While I lay me down to rest.
Now I lay me down to rest,Parting friends my lips have pressed;Farewell, kindred here below,Jesus calls me, I must go.Not my will but Thine be done;When my earthly race is run,And life’s sun sinks in the west,Calmly lay me down to rest.
Now I lay me down to rest,
Parting friends my lips have pressed;
Farewell, kindred here below,
Jesus calls me, I must go.
Not my will but Thine be done;
When my earthly race is run,
And life’s sun sinks in the west,
Calmly lay me down to rest.
Now I lay me down to rest,Help me, Lord, to stand the test;When I’m laid upon the bier,In the grave there’ll be no fear.When these throbbing pulses cease,When with God I’ve made my peace,Closely in the cold earth pressed,Calmly lay me down to rest.
Now I lay me down to rest,
Help me, Lord, to stand the test;
When I’m laid upon the bier,
In the grave there’ll be no fear.
When these throbbing pulses cease,
When with God I’ve made my peace,
Closely in the cold earth pressed,
Calmly lay me down to rest.
Now I lay me down to rest,May my soul be doubly blest;Though my flesh and bones decay,’Neath the earth’s cold clods of clay,My soul will rise on wings of love,To dwell with Him in heaven above;Sweetly there, on Jesus’ breast,I will lay me down to rest.
Now I lay me down to rest,
May my soul be doubly blest;
Though my flesh and bones decay,
’Neath the earth’s cold clods of clay,
My soul will rise on wings of love,
To dwell with Him in heaven above;
Sweetly there, on Jesus’ breast,
I will lay me down to rest.
3. Written upon the death of Elijah Kayhart, father of Lemuel Kayhart, who died January 16th, 1906.
3. Written upon the death of Elijah Kayhart, father of Lemuel Kayhart, who died January 16th, 1906.