Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: When we the sacred grave survey
Topic: Christ/His Burial and Resurrection
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 180
Page Number: 112, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWhen we the sacred grave survey,
In which the Saviour deign'd to lie,
We see fulfill'd what prophets say,
And all the pow'r of death defy.
This empty tomb shall now proclaim
How weak the bands of conquer'd 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 pleas'd.
Jesus, once number'd 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 for ever with the dead,
Nor lose thy children in the grave!