Memorial Programme for Mrs Comfort Agyei Mante

Through all the changing scenes of life,
in trouble and in joy,
the praises of my God shall still
my heart and tongue employ.
Of his deliv'rance I will boast,
till all that are distressed,
from my example comfort take
and lay their griefs to rest.

O magnify the LORD with me,
exalt His holy name;
when in distress to Him I called,
He to my rescue came.
The hosts of God encamp around
the dwellings of the just;
deliv'rance He affords to all
who in His promise trust.

 Give me the wings of faith to rise
Within the veil, and see
The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.

Once they were mourning here below
And wet their cheeks with tears;
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins, and doubts and fears.

Our glorious Leader claims our praise
For His own pattern giv'n,
While the long cloud of witnesses
Show the same path to Heav'n.

 Jesus, keep me near the cross,
There a precious fountain;
Free to all, a healing stream,
Flows from Calv'ry's mountain.

Refrain:
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever;
Till my ransomed soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.

Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and mercy found me;
There the Bright and Morning Star
Shed His beams around me. 

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Near the cross! I'll watch and wait,
Hoping, trusting ever;
Till I reach the golden strand,
Just beyond the river. [Refrain]

When peace like a river attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
"It is well, it is well with my soul."

Refrain
It is well with my soul;
it is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control:
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And has shed his own blood for my soul.

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The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend;
Even so, it is well with my soul.

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Now the labourer's task is o'er;
Now the battle day is past;
Now upon the farther shore
Lands the voyager at last.

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Father, in thy gracious keeping,
Leave we now thy servant sleeping. Amen.

There the tears of earth are dried,
There its hidden things are clear;
There the work of life is tried
By a juster judge than here.

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There the penitents, that turn
To the cross their dying eyes,
All the love of Jesus learn
At his feet in Paradise.

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'Earth to earth, and dust to dust,'
Calmly now the words we say;
Leaving him to sleep, in trust,
Till the resurrection-day.

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Till the sea gives up its dead,
Calmly now the words we say,
Laid in ocean's quiet bed
Till the resurrection-day.

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