Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Ye humble souls that seek the Lord
Topic: Christ/His Burial and Resurrection
Writer: <no first name given> Doddridge
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 184
Page Number: 115, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsYe humble souls that seek the Lord,
Chase all your fears away;
And bow with reverence down, to see
The place where Jesus lay.
Thus low the Lord of life was brought;
Such wonders love can do!
Thus could in death that bosom lay,
Which throbbed and bled for you.
If ye have wept at yonder cross,
And still your sorrows rise,
Stoop down and view the vanquished grave,
Then wipe your weeping eyes.
But dry your tears, and tune your songs,
The Saviour lives again;
Not all the bolts and bars of death
The Conqueror could detain.
High o'er the angelic band he rears
His once dishonored head;
And through unnumbered years he reigns,
Who dwelt among the dead.