The phrase "mortality" resonates through 11 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...Where saints shall ever be
Free from mortality,
No dying there....
Where saints shall ever be
Free from mortality,
No dying there.
...Shall death itself outbrave,
Leave dull mortality behind,
Leave dull mortality behind,...
Shall death itself outbrave,
Leave dull mortality behind,
Leave dull mortality behind,
...Jesus has satisfied, Jesus is mine!
Farewell, mortality, Jesus is mine!
Welcome, eternity, Jesus is mine!...
Jesus has satisfied, Jesus is mine!
Farewell, mortality, Jesus is mine!
Welcome, eternity, Jesus is mine!
...To guide us through the dreary way
Of dark mortality!
We ask not, Lord! Thy cloven flame,...
To guide us through the dreary way
Of dark mortality!
We ask not, Lord! Thy cloven flame,
...God to our human nature,
To our mortality
In form conjoined, we worship,...
God to our human nature,
To our mortality
In form conjoined, we worship,
...Thou wast conceived, and of her flesh
Didst our mortality assume.
This ever blest recurring day...
Thou wast conceived, and of her flesh
Didst our mortality assume.
This ever blest recurring day
...To drain the cup of woe,
Wearing the form of full mortality,
Thy blessèd labors done,...
To drain the cup of woe,
Wearing the form of full mortality,
Thy blessèd labors done,
...The glories of God’s throne,
The sorrows of mortality,
For they were once Thine own....
The glories of God’s throne,
The sorrows of mortality,
For they were once Thine own.
...Aside its garments casteth,
Types of mortality;
These I put off and ponder...
Aside its garments casteth,
Types of mortality;
These I put off and ponder
...And I shall see Him, who once on the earth
Robes of mortality wore;
Onward, blest spirit, look onward and see...
And I shall see Him, who once on the earth
Robes of mortality wore;
Onward, blest spirit, look onward and see
...Our days and years decay and die,
Mementos of mortality;
Make us to see our own brief hours...
Our days and years decay and die,
Mementos of mortality;
Make us to see our own brief hours
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