Thanks for being a Hymnary.org user. You are one of more than 10 million people from 200-plus countries around the world who have benefitted from the Hymnary website in 2024! If you feel moved to support our work today with a gift of any amount and a word of encouragement, we would be grateful.

You can donate online at our secure giving site.

Or, if you'd like to make a gift by check, please make it out to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

Click here to donate to Hymnary.org I have already donated. Please don't show this to me again
Text:Low in the grave he lay
Author:R. Lowry (1826-1899)
Tune:CHRIST AROSE
Composer:R. Lowry (1826-1899)

158. Low in the grave he lay

1 Low in the grave he lay,
Jesus my saviour,
waiting the coming day,
Jesus my Lord!

Refrain:
Up from the grave he arose
as the victor over all his foes;
he arose in triumph from the dark domain,
and he lives for ever with his saints to reign —
he arose, he arose,
Alleluia - Christ arose!

2 Vainly they guard his bed,
Jesus my saviour;
vainly they seal the dead,
Jesus my Lord! [Refrain]

3 Death cannot keep his prey,
Jesus my saviour;
he tore the bars away,
Jesus my Lord! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Low in the grave he lay
Author: R. Lowry (1826-1899)
Refrain First Line: Up from the grave he arose
Meter: 6 5 6 4 and refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 1987
Topic: God, Saviour: Risen and Victorious; Easter: The Resurrection of Christ; Easter 3: The Resurrection and the Life
Tune Information
Name: CHRIST AROSE
Composer: R. Lowry (1826-1899)
Meter: 6 5 6 4 and refrain
Key: B♭ Major



Media
More media are available on the text authority and tune authority pages.

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.