THE BODY IN THE GRAVE
1. This body in the
grave we lay
There to await that
solemn day
When God Himself
shall bid it rise
To mount triumphant
to the sky.
2. All trials and
all griefs are past,
A blessed end has
come at last.
Christ's yoke was
borne with ready will;
Who dieth thus is
living still.
3. We have no cause
to mourn or weep;
Securely shall this
body sleep
Till Christ Himself
shall death destroy
And raise the
blessed dead to joy.
4. For they who
with Him suffered here
Shall there be
healed from woe and fear;
And when eternal
bliss is won,
They'll shine in
glory like the sun.
5. Then let us
leave this place of rest
And homeward turn,
for they are blest
Who heed God's
warning and prepare
Lest death should find them unaware.
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