844    L.M.     J. Hart
The Interment of a Believer. Hos. 13. 14

1 Fountain of life, who gavest us breath,
  Eternal Sire, by all adored;
  Who makest us conquerors over death,
  Through Jesus, our victorious Lord,

2 We give thee thanks, we sing thy praise,
  For calling thus thy children home;
  And shortening tribulation days
  To hide them in the peaceful tomb.

3 Jesus, confiding in thy name,
  Thou King of saints, thy body’s Head,
  We give to earth the breathless frame,
  Remembering thou thyself wast dead.

4 Thine was a bitter death indeed,
  Thou harmless, suffering Lamb of God!
  Thou hast from hell thy people freed,
  And drowned destruction in thy blood.