A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) ‎#347

347. The Angel at the Tomb

The mourners came, at break of day,
Unto the garden sepulchre,
With saddened hearts to weep and pray
For him, the loved one, buried there.
What radiant light dispels the gloom?
An angel sits beside the tomb.

The earth doth mourn her treasures lost,
All sepulchred beneath the snow,
When wintry winds and chilling frost
Have laid her summer glories low;
The spring returns, the flow’rets bloom,—
An angel sits beside the tomb.

Then mourn we not beloved dead,
E’en while we come to weep and pray;
The happy spirit hath but fled
To brighter realms of heavenly day;
Immortal hope dispels the gloom;—
An angel sits beside the tomb.

Text Information

• First Line: The mourners came, at break of day
• Title: The Angel at the Tomb
• Author: Sarah F. Adams
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1866

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