The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#918

918. Behold how sweet, how calm, how fair

1 Behold how sweet, how calm, how fair,
The broken bud that slumbers there!
E'er it had bloomed on earth, to die,
It died on earth to bloom on high.

2 Weep not as those who weep in vain,
Nor like the hopeless ones complain;
Our frosted buds, our withered flowers,
Shall spring again in fairer bowers.

3 O blessed hope to mourners given
The hope of union sweet in heaven!
No more to part, no more to weep,
No more to sleep death's silent sleep.

4 Then let this hope our spirits cheer:
The promised morn will soon appear,
The morn that sets the prisoners free,
The morning of eternity.

Text Information

• First Line: Behold how sweet, how calm, how fair
• Author: F. E. Belden
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Death and Resurrection
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: RUSSELL
• Composer: Edwin Barnes
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: 923 or 924.