The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11303

11303. The Sinner's Burial

1 Wrapt in a Christless shroud,
He sleeps the Christless sleep;
Above him, the eternal cloud,
Beneath, the fiery deep.

2 Laid in a Christless tomb,
There, bound with felon-chain,
He waits the terrors of his doom,
The judgment and the pain.

3 O Christless shroud, how cold,
How dark, O Christless tomb!
O grief that never can grow old,
O endless, hopeless doom!

4 O Christless sleep, how sad!
What waking shalt thou know?
For thee no star, no dawning glad,
Only the lasting woe!

5 To rocks and hills in vain
Shall be the sinner’s call;
O day of wrath, and death and pain,
The lost soul’s funeral!

6 O Christless soul, awake,
Ere thy last sleep begin!
O Christ, the sleeper’s slumbers break,
Burst Thou the bands of sin!

Text Information

• First Line: Wrapt in a Christless shroud
• Title: The Sinner's Burial
• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns of Faith and Hope 2nd series (London, James Nisbet, 1861)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ASTON
• Composer: John Heywood (1863)
• Meter: SM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain