Wonder why this stanza is missing from modern hymnals:

Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed.
Teach me to die, that so I may
Rise glorious at the awful day.

yewtu.be/watch?v=VqKgGqvSiW4

#hymns

Follow

@zudn maybe because the meaning/connotations of the word 'awful' have changed?

@zachdecook
What could substitute for it?
I think too nobody wants to be reminded of death today, much less learn how to die.

Sign in to participate in the conversation
Librem Social

Librem Social is an opt-in public network. Messages are shared under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license terms. Policy.

Stay safe. Please abide by our code of conduct.

(Source code)

image/svg+xml Librem Chat image/svg+xml