Dust, receive thy kindred

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Dust, receive thy kindred

Author: Horatius Bonar
Published in 5 hymnals

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1 Dust, receive thy kindred!
Earth take now thine own!
To thee this trust is rendered;
In thee this seed is sown.
Guard the precious treasure,
Ever-faithful tomb!
Keep it all unrifled,
Till the Master come.

2 Time's dark tide of sorrow
Breaks above thy head;
And feet of restless millions
Shall o'er thy chambers tread;
Earthquakes, whirlwinds, tempests,
Tear the quivering ground;
Voices, trumpets, thunders,
Fill the air around!

3 But these sounds of terror
Pierce not thy low tomb,
Nor break the happy slumbers
Of death's dark, silent home.
Couch of tranquil slumber
For the weary brow;
Rest of faint and toiling,
Take this loved one now.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #965

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Author: Horatius Bonar

Horatius Bonar was born at Edinburgh, in 1808. His education was obtained at the High School, and the University of his native city. He was ordained to the ministry, in 1837, and since then has been pastor at Kelso. In 1843, he joined the Free Church of Scotland. His reputation as a religious writer was first gained on the publication of the "Kelso Tracts," of which he was the author. He has also written many other prose works, some of which have had a very large circulation. Nor is he less favorably known as a religious poet and hymn-writer. The three series of "Hymns of Faith and Hope," have passed through several editions. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872… Go to person page >

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