11017 | The Cyber Hymnal#11018 | 11019 |
Text: | Go To The Grave In All thy Glorious Prime |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Tune: | EVENTIDE |
Composer: | William Henry Monk |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime,
In full activity of zeal and power;
A Christian cannot die before his time,
The Lord’s appointment is the servant’s hour.
2 Go to the grave; at noon from labor cease;
Rest on thy sheaves, thy harvest-task is done;
Come from the heart of battle, and in peace,
Soldier, go home; with thee the fight is won.
3 Go to the grave; though like a fallen tree,
At once with verdure, flowers, and fruitage crowned;
Thy form may perish, and thine honors be
Lost in the moldering bosom of the ground.
4 Go to the grave, which, faithful to its trust,
The germ of immortality shall keep;
While safe, as watched by cherubim, thy dust
Shall, till the judgment day, in Jesus sleep.
5 Go to the grave, for there thy Saviour lay
In death’s embraces, ere He rose on high;
And all the ransomed, by that narrow way,
Pass to eternal life beyond the sky.
6 Go to the grave—no, take thy seat above;
Be thy pure spirit present with the Lord,
Where thou, for faith and hope, hast perfect love,
And open vision for the written Word.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime |
Title: | Go To The Grave In All thy Glorious Prime |
Author: | James Montgomery (1823) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: COMMENDATIO by John B. Dykes, TOULON from "Genevan Psalter," 1551 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EVENTIDE |
Composer: | William Henry Monk (1861) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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