Scripture Verse

I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in Me will never die. John 11:25-26

Introduction

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Daniel Whittle (1840–1901)

Words: Da­ni­el W. Whit­tle, in The Gos­pel Choir No. 2, ed­it­ed by Ira D. San­key, James Mc­Gra­na­han & George C. Steb­bins (To­ron­to, Ca­na­da: Copp, Clark, 1895), num­ber 26. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as El Na­than, one of Whit­tle’s pseu­do­nyms.

Hymn sug­gest­ed by the dy­ing words of Mrs. Van Deu­sen, of Sprout Brook, N. Y., who was burned to death in a wreck on the Mi­chi­gan Cen­tral R. R., at Bat­tle Creek, Oct. 1893.

When it was found that she could not be re­moved from the burn­ing tim­bers that held her fast in the car, she said to those about her, I’m not afraid to die: Tell them all that I died like a Chris­tian.

Music: James Mc­Gra­na­han (🔊 pdf nwc).

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James McGranahan
(1840–1907)
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Lyrics

Let the mes­sage go forth,
Send it o­ver the earth,
Sound­ing clear­ly and sweet­ly,
Pro­claim­ing the worth
Of a faith that can say,
Meet­ing death on the way:
Tell them all, I can die like a Chris­tian.

Refrain

O to die like a Chris­tian,
Who would not die like a Chris­tian?
With Christ by my side, what­so­ev­er be­tide,
Let me die, let me die like a Chris­tian.

Unto Him who de­stroyed
All the sting death em­ployed,
Mak­ing ful­ly and just­ly
The death sen­tence void;
Let us come while we may,
That in death we can say:
Tell them all, I can die like a Chris­tian.

Refrain

If we trust in His blood,
If we own Him as Lord,
Res­ur­rect­ion and glo­ry
Shall come thro’ His word;
And in death we may sing,
By the grace of death’s King:
Tell them all, I can die like a Chris­tian.

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