Show resurrection DAY DAT BY T WM WK CLAYTON CLAYTOM bunz the field fidd of Non Monteray feray when first the glorious light of truth j burst forth in this last age how few there were with heart and soul tobey it did engage yet of those few how many have passed from earth away and in their graves are sleeping till the resurrection day how many on massouris Mis souris plains were left in deaths embraces embrace pare honest hearts too good to live in such a wicked place and are they left in sorrow and in doubt to pine away oh no in peace sleeping till afie res i u 1 lay day and in nauvoo the city where the temple cheeld the brave hundreds of faithful saints have found A cold yet peace peaceful fal grave grav and there they now are sleeping beneath the silent clay but soon share the glories of a resurrection day our patriarch and prophet too were massacred they bled to seal their testimony they were numbered with the dead ad ah tell me are they sleeping methinks I 1 hear them say deaths icy chains are bursting the resurrection day and here in this s sweet peaceful yale tale the shafts of death are hurled and many faithful saints are caird benjy Ten jy iy ay a better world and friends are often weeping for their friends who pass away and in their graves are sleeping till the resurrection day why should we mourn because we leave these scenes of toil and pain 0 happy change the faithful go celestial joys to gain and soon we all shall follow to realms of endless day and taste the joyous glories of a resurrection day copyright secund second |