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248. AT THE GRAVE OF RIGHTEOUS

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​Author:  Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803)
​Composer:  William Batchelder Bradbury, 1843 (1816-1868)​

​1. We lay the body in its tomb
    Until the Lord’s voice bids him “Come.”
    We sow the seed to rise anew,
    And glorified, his God to view.
 
2. Of dust the Lord did man create;
     “To dust return!”-- that is his fate.
    He lies; he sleeps, decays, awakes
    When day arrives and night forsakes.
 
3. The righteous soul with God doth live,
    Who hath redeemed him from his grief,
    From all his sin and all his woe,
    Thru Jesus Christ, who loved him so.
 
4. With sorrow, burdened was his flesh,
    But now will God his soul refresh.
    In darkened valley he did go;
    Now he is free from all his woe.
 
5. Faithful was he until death’s day,
    Now God will wipe his tears away.
    What are the sorrows of this time
    Against God’s glory, so sublime?
 
6. So now, redeemed one, sleep and rest!
    Homeward we turn to do our best,
    That we in joy and trembling be
    Made ready for eternity.
 
7. Oh Jesus Christ, Thy bitter death
    Shall strengthen us in our last breath!
    Our soul, Lord, we commit to Thee,
    And joyful may our ending be!

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Special thanks to the Apostolic Christians who diligently labored to keep their rich musical heritage alive when most other denominations forsook it in the challenging battle of changing cultures.
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Thanks be to those souls who labored to write and compose this treasure of praise, many now only known to GOD!

Above all, thanks, praise, and glory be to GOD!
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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements