ELHB Hymn 216
So rest, my Rest!
Salamo Franck
Hymn Text
216. So rest, my Rest!
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1 So rest, my Rest!
Thou ever Blest!
Thy grave with sinners making;
By Thy precious death from sin
My dead soul awaking.
Thou ever Blest!
Thy grave with sinners making;
By Thy precious death from sin
My dead soul awaking.
2 After Thy strife,
Life of my life,
Thou'rt in the tomb reposing,
Round Thee now a rock-hewn grave,
Rock of Ages, closing.
Life of my life,
Thou'rt in the tomb reposing,
Round Thee now a rock-hewn grave,
Rock of Ages, closing.
3 How cold art Thou,
My Savior, now!
Thy fervent love hath driven
Thee into the cold, dark grave,
Thst I might gain heaven.
My Savior, now!
Thy fervent love hath driven
Thee into the cold, dark grave,
Thst I might gain heaven.
4 Breath of all breath!
I know from death
Thou wilt my dust awaken;
Wherefore should I dread the grave,
Or my faith be shaken?
I know from death
Thou wilt my dust awaken;
Wherefore should I dread the grave,
Or my faith be shaken?
5 To me the tomb
Shall be a room
Where I lie down on roses;
Who by faith hath conquered death,
Sweetly there reposes.
Shall be a room
Where I lie down on roses;
Who by faith hath conquered death,
Sweetly there reposes.
6 The body dies--
Naught else--and lies
In dust, until victorious
From the grace it shall arise
Beautiful and glorious.
Naught else--and lies
In dust, until victorious
From the grace it shall arise
Beautiful and glorious.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #216