The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#585

585. O Thou in Whom Thy Saints Repose

1 O Thou in Whom Thy saints repose,
When life's brief conflict finds its close,
Behold us met before Thy face
To hallow this their resting-place:
Safe are the souls whom Thou dost keep;
And safely here their dust shall sleep.

2 Thou knowest, Lord,--for Thou hast wept
Beside the tomb where Lazarus slept,--
What tears must flow, what hearts must bleed,
When here we sow the precious seed:
Thou still rememb'rest, on Thy throne,
Thy garden grave and sealed stone.

3 Bid then Thy hosts encamp around
This chosen spot of holy ground:
Here let calm hope with memory dwell,
And faith of heavenly comfort tell:
No thought of ill, no footstep rude
Profane the sacred solitude.

4 When here Thy mourners shall repair
In lonely grief and trembling prayer,
Lift Thou sad hearts and streaming eyes
To those fair glades of Paradise,
Where safe within the guarded gate
Thy ransomed souls in patience wait.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O Thou in Whom Thy saints repose
• Title: O Thou in Whom Thy Saints Repose
• Author: John Ellerton (1870)
• Meter: 8 8, 8 8, 8 8.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Topic: Occasional: Dedications-Burial Grounds; Dedications: Burial grounds

Tune Information

• Name: HAN LEFVER! O MIN ANDE, KÄNN
• Meter: 8 8, 8 8, 8 8.
• Key: E Major
• Source: Haeffner's Koralbuch, 1819.