Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: When we the sacred grave survey
Topic: Resurrection
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Hebron
Hymn Number: 146
Page Number: 053, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHEN we the sacred grave survey,
In which the Saviour 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.
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.