Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: When we the sacred grave survey
Topic: Christ/Mediatorial Reign
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Emerson
Meter: LM
Tune: Sessions
Hymn Number: 157
Page Number: 062, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen we the sacred grave survey
In which the Savior deigned to lie,
We see fulfilled what prophets say,
And all the power of death defy.
This empty tomb shall now proclaim
How weak the bands of conquered death;
Sure pledge that all who trust his name
Shall rise and draw immortal breath.
Our surety freed declares us free,
For whose offenses he was seized:
In his release our own we see,
And joy to see Jehovah pleased.
Jesus, once numbered with the dead,
Unseals his eyes to sleep no more;
And ever lives their cause to plead,
For whom the pains of death he bore.
Then, though in dust we lay our head,
Yet, gracious God, thou wilt not leave
Our flesh forever with the dead,
Nor lose thy children in the grave!