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| For many years the family chain Was closely linked together But oh, that chain is broken now The main link gone forever The sunshine of our happy home Must always clouded be But thou, O Lord has sent this cross We bear it all for thee ~~ |
There is no night without a dawn No winter without a spring And beyond death's dark horizon Our hearts once more will sing For those who leave us for a while Have only gone away Out of a restless careworn world Into a brighter day ~~ |
| They say it's a beautiful journey From the old world to the new Someday we'll make that journey Which will lead us straight to you And when we reach that garden In which there is no pain We'll put our arms around you And never part again ~~ |
A loving father most sincere Loved by all he knew He loved us all so very dear And we all loved him too But God in His mercy will give us hope And help us bear the strain Of the one we cherished, loved and lost To meet in Heaven again ~~ |
| God gave us strength to bear it And courage to fight the blow What it has meant to lose you God alone will ever know ~~ |
May the God of love and mercy Care our loved one who is gone And bless with consolation Those left to carry on ~~ |
| A light from our family has gone A voice we loved is still A place is vacant in our home No-one can ever fill ~~ |
God knew that you were weary The hill is hard to climb So He put His arms around you And whispered "peace be thine" ~~ |
| God saw you getting weary And did what He thought best He put His arms around you And took you home to rest ~~ |
It seems so strange that those we need And those we love the best Are just the ones God calls away And takes them home to rest ~~ |
| Two tired eyes are sleeping Two willing hands are still The one who worked so hard for us Is resting at God's will ~~ |
The blow was hard, the shock severe To part with one we loved so dear Our loss is great, we'll not complain But trust in God to meet again ~~ |
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| May you walk in God's garden And his love around you flow For what it meant to lose you No-one will ever know ~~ |
At Heaven's gates she will be waiting With that same sweet loving smile For she is gone before us Just a little while ~~ |
| Fold her, O Jesus, in thy arms And let her henceforth be A messenger of love between Our human hearts and thee ~~ |
The happy hours we once enjoyed How sweet their memory still But death has left a vacant place This world can never fill ~~ |
| Gone is the face we love so dear Gone is the voice we loved to hear Too far away for touch or speech But not to far for love to reach ~~ |
What he suffered he told but few He did not deserve what he went through Tired and weary he made no fuss But tried so hard to stay with us ~~ |
| No farewells were spoken No time to say goodbye You were gone before we knew And only God knows why ~~ |
May she rest in peace dear Jesus In the Heavenly home above With the sacred heart of Jesus In His own eternal love ~~ |
| If I listen really close In the silence of the night I hear your voice to comfort me And say that you're all right But it's often hard to understand Why certain things must be And the reasons why they happen Are so often hard to see But I find comfort in the knowledge That God is always there To keep the one I loved so much Forever in His care ~~ |
I watched you suffer I saw you die But all I could do was sit close by You went away, we had to part God eased your pain But broke my heart ~~ We sit and think of you And think of how you died To think you could not say goodbye Before you closed your eyes ~~ |
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| We never said goodbye to you But that was just as well We never could have said goodbye To one we loved so well ~~ |
Your life was love and labour Your love for your family true You did your best for all of us We will always remember you ~~ |
| Your painful days are over Your sleepless nights are through For heaven has called an angel An angel as brave as you ~~ |
You slipped away We had to part God eased your pain But broke my heart ~~ |
| Weep not for me but courage take And love each other for my sake As time goes by and you grow older My hand will rest upon your shoulder ~~ |
We lost a mother with a heart of gold How much we miss her can never be told She shared our troubles, and helped us along If we follow her footsteps, we will never go wrong ~~ |
| God lends our loved ones to us only for a while We share some time together A laugh, a tear, a smile And then before we know it A lifetime has unfurled Then He takes them back again To another world But God is never selfish He nurses them with love ‘Till the day we meet them once again In His garden up above ~~ |
Jesus said, "come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and humble in heart And you will find rest for your souls" ~~ How dearly we loved you And prayed that you might live But Jesus just beckoned And we had to give ~~ |
| O for a closer walk with God A calm and Heavenly frame A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb! ~~ |
Face to face! O blissful moment Face to face to see and know Face to face with my Redeemer Jesus Christ who loves me so ~~ |
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| Jesus, the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills my breast But sweeter far, thy face to see And in Thy presence rest ~~ |
I came to Jesus as I was Weary and worn and sad I found in Him a resting place And He has made me glad ~~ |
| Eternal rest give unto him O Lord And let your perpetual light shine upon him May he rest in peace Amen ~~ |
I heard the voice of Jesus say "Come unto Me and rest Lay down, thou weary one Lay down thy head upon my breast" ~~ |
| In Gods care you sleep above In our hearts you stay with love ~~ |
Our's is just a simple prayer God bless and keep you in His care ~~ |
| We sat beside your bedside Our hearts were crushed and sore We did our duty to the end ‘Til we could do no more In tears we watched you sinking We watched you fade away And though our hearts were breaking We knew you could not stay You left behind some aching hearts That loved you most sincere We never shall and never will Forget you, mother dear ~~ |
She gently took death by the hand And journeyed to that Promised Land And there with steps so light and gay She shines and polishes the sun by day And lights the stars that shine by night And keeps the moonbeams silvery bright For mothers never really die They just keep house up in the sky And in that Heavenly home above They wait to welcome those they love ~~ |
| To those that I love and must leave behind Do not cry for me when these words you find When I am gone and free, just let me go I have so many things to see and do You mustn't tie yourself to me with tears Be happy that we had so many years ~~ |
I fall sleep in the full and certain hope that my slumber shall not be broken And that, though I be all-forgetting Yet shall I not be all-forgotten But continue that life in the thoughts and deeds of those I have loved ~~ |
| All our lives we'll miss him All our lives we'll care There's a special place within our hearts And you'll be forever there ~~ |
At Heavens gates she will be waiting With that same sweet loving smile For she is gone before us Just a little while ~~ |
| If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I'd like to do Is to save every day Till eternity passes away Just to spend them with you If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true I'd save every day like a treasure and then Again I would spend them with you If I had a box just for wishes And dreams that had never come true The box would be empty Except for the memory Of how they were answered by you ~~ |
Through veils of peace may you ascend To promised planes above Where comfort shall await you In those summerlands of love Although my grief is deep and raw Although my pain is great I know that you are still with me I know that you will wait For in God's time we'll meet again Of this I am quite sure I loved you so much on this earth In absence even more ~~ |
| With tears we saw you suffer As we watched you fade away Our hearts were almost broken As you fought so hard to stay We knew you had to leave us But you never went alone For part of us went with you The day you left your home ~~ |
Those who loved can truly tell the heartache of parting without farewell ~~ Heavenly Father hear our prayer Guide our Father with tender care Dear shepherd don't leave him alone Love him in heaven As we do at home ~~ |
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