Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime
Topic: The Present and the Future/Life and Death
Writer: <no first name given> Montgomery
Composer:
Meter: 10s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1082
Page Number: 640, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGo to the grave in all thy glorious prime,
In full activity of zeal and power;
A Christian can not die before his time:
The Lord's appointment is the servant's hour.
Go to the grave: at noon from labor cease;
Rest on thy sheaves; the harvest-task is done;
Come from the heat of battle, and in peace,
Soldier, go home; with thee the fight is won.
Go to the grave; for thee thy Saviour lay
In death's embrace, ere he arose on high;
And all the ransomed, by that narrow way,
Pass to eternal life beyond the sky.
Go to the grave -- no; take thy seat above;
Be thy pure spirit present with the Lord,
Where thou for faith and hope hast perfect love,
And open vision for the written word.