The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#951

951. How peaceful is the grave!

1 How peaceful is the grave!
Where, life's vain tumult past,
Th' appointed house, by Heaven's decree,
Receives us all at last.

2 There earthly troubles cease,
There passions rage no more,
And there the weary pilgrim rests
From all the toils he bore.

3 There all, both small and great,
Partake the same repose;
And there in peace the ashes mix
Of those who once were foes.

4 All, by the hand of death,
Partake a common tomb;
Yet saints shall not forever sleep
Not theirs the sinner's doom.

Text Information

• First Line: How peaceful is the grave!
• Author: R. Blair
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Death and Resurrection
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: THOUGHT
• Composer: J. B. Herbert
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: G Major or modal
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #89 or 946.