It is Not Death to Die part 3

Here are two hymns (for sure worth the watching!) and a poem that have encouraged me in trusting the Lord in death and seeing the goodness of Christ in it! 

Hymn 1

My favorite line of the first hymn is

"It is not death to hear

The key unlock the door

That sets us free from mortal years

To praise you evermore."

Hymn 2

Great back ground story on the writer of It Is Well With My Soul.

Poem

The following poem is in the library of one of our dear friends Peeter. When asked about it Peeter told me that at his former church an elder, maybe 70 years old, was teaching Sunday school that day. The elder said "Let's pray" and had a massive heart attack and died before he hit the ground. A member of the congregational wrote this poem in memory of him:

On the Death of an Elder

"He bowed his head and heart to pray
and, lo, the shadows passed away.
He saw him whom he loved unseen,
the veil of flesh no more between.
Deaths' birth-pang passed so swiftly by
and endless glory met his eye."


"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints [his people]"
-Psalm 116:15