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Hymn: Unveil thy bosom faithful tomb (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised

Date: 1882

Compiler: A I Hobbs et al

Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co

First Line: Unveil thy bosom faithful tomb

Topic: Death/A Sleep

Writer: Isaac Watts

Composer: Lowell Mason

Meter: LM

Tune: Malvern

Hymn Number: 210

Page Number: 082, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

UNVEIL thy bosom, faithful tomb;

Take this new treasure to thy trust,

And give these sacred relics room

To slumber in the silent dust.



Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear,

Invade thy bounds; no mortal woes

Can reach the peaceful sleeper here,

while angels watch the soft repose.



So Jesus slept; God's dying Son

Pass'd thro' the grave and bless'd the bed;

Rest here, Blest saint, till from His throne

The morning break, and pierce the shade.



Break from His throne, illustrious morn;

Attend, O earth, His sov'reign word;

Restore thy trust; a glorious form

Shall then arise to meet the Lord.