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There Is an Hour of Peaceful Rest
Author: William B. Tappan Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Appears in 569 hymnals Topics: The Last Things Life Everlasting Lyrics: 1 There is an hour of peaceful rest,
To mourning wand’rers giv'n;
There is a joy for souls distrest,
A balm for ev'ry wounded breast:
’Tis found above--in heav’n.
2 There is a home for weary souls,
By sin and sorrow driv'n,--
When tossed on life’s tempestuous shoals,
When storms arise and ocean rolls,
And all is drear--but heav’n.
3 There faith lifts up the tearless eye,
To brighter prospects giv'n,
And views the tempest passing by,
The evening shadows quickly fly,
And all serene--in heav’n.
4 There, fragrant flow'rs immortal bloom,
And joys supreme are giv'n;
There rays divine disperse the gloom;
Beyond the confines of the tomb
Appears the dawn of heav’n.
Amen. Scripture: Hebrews 4:9 Used With Tune: PAX CELESTE
There Is an Hour of Peaceful Rest
When my last hour is close at hand
Author: N. Hermann Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 30 hymnals Topics: The Last Things Preparation for Death; The Last Things Preparation for Death Lyrics: 1 When my last hour is close at hand,
Lord Jesus Christ, attend me;
Beside my bed, my Savior, stand,
To comfort, help, defend me:
Into thy hands I will commend
My trembling soul at my last end,--
How safe in Thy sweet keeping!
2 Countless as sands upon the shore,
My sins are thronging round me;
But though they grieve and wound me sore,
They cannot yet confound me;
My sins are numberless, I know,
But o'er them all thy blood doth flow,
Thy wounds and death uphold me.
3 Lord, Thou hast joined my soul to Thine,
In bonds no power can sever;
Grafted in Thee, the living vine,
I shall be Thine for ever:
Lord, when I die, I die to Thee,
Thy precious death hath won for me
A life that never endeth.
4 Since Thou hast risen from the grave,
The grave cannot detain me;
"Christ died,"--"Christ rose again" to save,
These words shall still sustain me;
For where Thou art, there I shall be,
That I may ever live with Thee:
This is my joy in dying.
5 To Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, I will
With arms outstretched betake me;
I sleep in Thee--so sound--so still,
No mortal man can wake me!
For Jesus Christ, God's Son, I wait
To open me the heavenly gate,
Which leads to life eternal. Used With Tune: [When my last hour is close at hand]
When my last hour is close at hand
My course is Run, Praise God, My Course is Run
Author: August Zich; Andreas Gryphius Meter: 10.6.10.6.9.9.4.4 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: The Last Things Death and Burial First Line: My course is run. Praise God, my course is run Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:7 Used With Tune: ES IST GENUG
My course is Run, Praise God, My Course is Run
From place to place the Christian goes
Author: N. L. von Zinzendorf Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.6.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: The Last Things Burial and Resurrection; The Last Things Burial and Ressurection Lyrics: 1 From place to place the Christian goes,
By many a tempest driven,
At last the haven of repose
He safely finds in heaven.
God, after life's alarms,
Receives him in His arms.
He dies, as in the mold the grain,
To yield its golden fruit again.
2 And sure thy parting has been blessed,
Bless'd be thy life's example!
Thou spirit, calmly gone to rest,
And thou, its mouldering temple.
O soul, thy Savior's near!
The morning star shines clear;
And you, ye members, softly sleep
Beneath love's shadow still and deep.
3 We wait with glad and patient hope
The glorious revelation,
While He this pilgrim dress folds up
In holy preservation.
O happy souls who rest
In Jesus' arms and breast.
Love leads us all our path aright,
Through such a depth to such a height.
Used With Tune: [From place to place the Christian goes]
From place to place the Christian goes
Now lay we calmly in the grave
Author: M. Weisse Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 27 hymnals Topics: The Last Things Burial and Resurrection; The Last Things Burial and Ressurection Lyrics: 1 Now lay we calmly in the grave
This form, whereof no doubt we have
That it shall rise again that day
In glorious triumph o'er decay.
2 And so to earth again we trust
What came from dust, and turns to dust,
And from the dust shall surely rise
When the last trumpet fills the skies.
3 His soul is living now in God,
Whose grace his pardon hath bestowed,
Who through His Son redeemed him here
From bondage unto sin and fear.
4 His trials and his griefs are past;
A blesséd end is his at last;
He bore Christ's yoke, and did His will,
And though he died he liveth still.
5 He lives where none can mourn and weep,
And calmly shall this body sleep
Till God shall death himself destroy
And raise it into glorious joy.
6 He suffered pain and grief below;
Christ heals him now from all his woe;
For him hath endless joy begun;
He shines in glory like the sun.
7 Then let us leave him to his rest,
And homeward turn, for he is blest,
And we must well our souls prepare,
When death shall come, to meet him there.
8 So help us, Christ, our hope in loss;
Thou hast redeemed us by Thy cross
From endless death and misery;
We praise, we bless, we worship Thee. Used With Tune: [Now lay we calmly in the grave]
Now lay we calmly in the grave
Who Knows when Death May Overtake Me
Author: Ämilie Juliane Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: The Last Things Death and Burial First Line: Who knows when death may overtake me! Scripture: Psalm 90:12 Used With Tune: WER WEISS, WIE NAHE
Who Knows when Death May Overtake Me
Despair not, O heart, in thy sorrow
Author: A.C. Prudentius; P. Hegelund Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: The Last Things Burial and Resurrection; The Last Things Burial and Ressurection Lyrics: 1 Despair not, O heart, in thy sorrow,
But hope from God's promises borrow;
Beware, in thy sorrow, of sinning,
For death is of life the beginning.
2 The body is shrouded in mourning;
The garlands, the casket adorning,
Are emblems of hope that betoken,
O death, that thy power is broken.
3 A dearly beloved one hath left us;
God hath in His wisdom bereft us;
But He will not leave us forsaken,--
We know that the dead shall awaken.
4 When dawneth the glorious morrow,
This body, that we view with sorrow,
A glorified form shall be given,
Restored to its spirit in heaven.
5 The seed that in springtime is planted,
Is hid in the ground; but, if granted
A measure of sunshine and showers,
Will spring into fruitage and flowers.
6 A gift to the churchyard we tender,
As dust to the dust we surrender;
Returning the clay to its Maker,
We lay it to rest in God's acre.
7 A soul in that body abided,
A soul that in Jesus confided,
A soul that hath longed for salvation,
And now hath found hope's consumation.
8 O earth, we consign to thy keeping
This body with sorrow and weeping;
In peace to await resurrection,
When it shall arise in perfection.
9 O Christ, our souls' Maker and Lover;
When time and earth's travail are over,
Thou closest the grave's mournful story
And callest Thine own to Thy glory. Used With Tune: [Despair not, O heart]
Despair not, O heart, in thy sorrow
Let Thoughtless Thousands Choose the Road
Author: Joseph Hoskins Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 56 hymnals Topics: The Last Things Judgment Lyrics: 1 Let thoughtless thousands choose the road
That leads the soul away from God;
This happiness, dear Lord, be mine,
To live and die entirely Thine.
2 On Christ, by faith, I fain would live,
From Him my life, my all, receive,
To Him devote my fleeting hours,
Serve Him alone with all my pow'rs.
3 Christ is my everlasting All;
To Him I look, on Him I call;
He will my ev'ry want supply
In time and thro' eternity.
4 Soon will the Lord, my Life, appear;
Soon shall I end my trials here,
Leave sin and sorrow, death and pain.
To live is Christ, to die is gain.
5 Soon will the saints in glory meet,
Soon walk through every golden street,
And sing on every blissful plain:
To live is Christ, to die is gain.
Amen. Scripture: Philippians 1:21 Used With Tune: WAREHAM
Let Thoughtless Thousands Choose the Road
Amazing Grace
Author: John Newton; John P. Rees Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,578 hymnals Topics: The Last Things The Redeemer: His Grace, Love and Mercy First Line: Amazing grace! how sweet the sound Lyrics: 1 Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
3 The Lord has promised good to me;
His Word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
4 Thro' many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come.
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
5 When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun. Used With Tune: AMAZING GRACE
Amazing Grace
And Will the Judge Descend
Author: Phillip Doddridge Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 309 hymnals Topics: The Last Things Judgment Lyrics: 1 And will the Judge descend,
And must the dead arise
And not a single soul escape
His all-discerning eyes?
2 And from His righteous lips
Shall this dread sentence sound
And thro' the num'rous guilty throng
Spread black despair around:
3 "Depart from Me, accursed,
To everlasting flame,
For rebel angels first prepared,
Where mercy never came?"
4 How will my heart endure
The terrors of that Day
When earth and heav'n before His face,
Astonished, shrink away?
5 But ere that trumpet shakes
The mansions of the dead,
Hark from the Gospel's cheering sound
What joyful tidings spread:
6 Ye sinners, seek His grace
Whose wrath ye cannot bear;
Fly to the shelter of His cross,
And find salvation there.
Amen. Scripture: Matthew 25:41 Used With Tune: SOUTHWELL
And Will the Judge Descend
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