And say, “Thy bonds of death are riven,
Thy sins by Me are all forgiven;
And thou shalt live from guilt set free,
For I, thy Saviour, died for thee.”
His body was brought to New York for burial. Among the directions he had left for his funeral was this: “Sing my own hymn, ‘It is not death to die,’ to a cheerful tune.” The request was carried out. The hymn referred to is a translation he had made of a poem by the distinguished Swiss preacher, César Malan.
MUSIC. SWEETEST NAME. The name of the tune is obviously derived from the words for which it was composed. For comments on the composer, Wm. B. Bradbury, see [Hymn 103].
441. Take my heart, O Father, take it
Anonymous
A simple hymn of consecration and devotion whose author evidently preferred to remain anonymous.
MUSIC. DORRNANCE. The tune is simplicity itself. Concerning his tunes, Woodbury wrote in the preface to his New Lute of Zion, 1856: