Introduction
1832–1914
Words: Theron Brown (1832–1914). The words were written for a song-service at the Ruggles Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts.
Music: Ruggles Philip P. Bliss, 1876 (🔊 pdf nwc).
1838–1876
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
1 Corinthians 15:55
Words: Theron Brown (1832–1914). The words were written for a song-service at the Ruggles Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts.
Music: Ruggles Philip P. Bliss, 1876 (🔊 pdf nwc).
O short was His slumber; He woke from the dust,
The Savior death’s chain could not hold;
And short, since He rose, is the sleep of the just;
They shall wake, and His glory behold.
Dear grave in the garden; hope smiled at its door
Where love’s brightest triumph was told;
Christ lives! and His life will His people restore;
They shall wake, and His glory behold.