Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1848
Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: The angels that watched round the tomb
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: E Coy
Meter: 8
Tune: Clarington
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 326, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe angels that watched round the tomb,
Where lo! the Redeemer was laid;
When deep in mortality's gloom
He hid for a season his head;
That veiled their face while he slept
And ceased their sweet harps to employ,
Have witnessed his rising and swept
The chords with the triumphs of joy.
You saints who once languished below,
But lo! the Redeemer was laid;
I pant to be glorified too,
To lean on Immanuel's breast!
The grave in which Jesus was laid,
Has buried my guilt and my fears;
And while I contemplate its shade
The light of his presence appears.
O sweet is the season of rest,
When life's weary journey is done!
The blush that spreads over its west,
The last lingering ray of its sun!
Though dreary the empire of night,
I soon shall emerge from its gloom,
And see immortality's light
Arise on the shades of the tomb.
Then welcome the last rending sights,
When these aching heart strings shall break;
When death shall extinguish these eys,
And moisten with dew the pale cheek.
No terror the prospect begets,
I am not mortality's slave;
The sunbeam of life as it sets,
Leaves a halo of peace on the grave.