Sheltered beside a garden wall,
And as the days passed swiftly by,
It spread its branches, straight and tall.
One day a beam of light shone through
A crevice that had opened wide.
The rose bent gently toward its warmth
Then passed beyond to the other side.
Now you who deeply feel its loss,
Be comforted - the rose blooms there,
It’s beauty even greater now
Nurtured by God’s own loving care
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Yes, when his flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease;
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow;
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun
Arrangements under the direction of Chapel of the Chimes Mortuary, Glendale, AZ.
