Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Thou art gone to the grave but we will not deplore thee (FL)

Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns

Date: 1839

Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard

Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden

First Line: Thou art gone to the grave but we will not deplore thee

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

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Meter: 12s and 11s

Tune:

Hymn Number: 640

Page Number: 339, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

THOU art gone to the grave; but we will not deplore thee,

Tho' silence and darkness encompass the tomb;

The Saviour has past through its portals before thee,

And the lamp of his love is thy guide thro' the gloom.



Thou art gone to the grave; we no longer deplore thee,

Nor tread the rough path of the world by thy side;

But the wide arms of mercy are spread to enfold thee,

And sinners may hope since the Saviour has died.



Thou art gone to the grave; but 'twere wrong to deplore thee,

Perhaps thy tried spirit in death lingered long,

But the sunshine of heaven beamed bright on thy waking,

And the song which thou heardst was the seraphim's song.