One Sepulcher, One Little Spot

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One sepulcher, one little spot

Author: James Holme
Tune: REST (Maker)
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	Abide With Us

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1 One sepulcher, one little spot,
The pilgrim meek did buy;
Other domain he seeketh not,
Enough for him that hallowed lot
Wherein his dead may lie.

2 Yet faith inscribes a precious name
Upon that lonely tomb,
Which shall to endless years proclaim
How hope pursues its truthful aim,
And looks for things to come.

3 Machpelah must again unfold,
And its loved dead restore;
The grave may not for ever hold
The ashes in its bosom rolled;
They sleep to wake once more.

4 The promise was not said in vain,
This land is all thine own;
Machpelah’s dead shall rise again
To share Messiah’s glorious reign,
And wear th’unfading crown.

5 How blest to live, to die, in faith,
And with exulting joy
To feel with life’s last ebbing breath
How sweet, how precious is the death
Which wafts the soul on high.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16270

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Author: James Holme

Holme, James, B.A., son of T. Holme, Orton, Westmorland, was born in 1801, and educated at Caius College, Cambridge (B.A. 1825). Ordained in 1825, he held successively the Incumbency of Low Harrowgate, the Vicarage of Kirkleatham, and the charge of Bolton, near Bradford. He died in 1882. He published Leisure Musings and Devotions, &c, 1835; Mount Grace Abbey, a poem, 1843, and with his brother, the Rev. T. Holme (q.v.), Hymns & Sacred Poetry, Christian Book Society, 1861. From this last work, "All things are ours, how abundant the treasure" (Praise in Sickness), in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, is taken. "God my Father, hear me pray" (Lent), in the Anglican Hymn Book, 1868, is attributed to him, and dated 1861. It is, however, from… Go to person page >

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First Line:	One sepulcher, one little spot
Title:	One Sepulcher, One Little Spot
Author:	James Holme
Source:	Hymns and Sacred Poetry (London and Edinburgh: J. Brydone and Songs; Richmons: John Bell, 1861)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain