Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#297

297. Despair not, O heart, in thy sorrow

1 Despair not, O heart, in thy sorrow,
From God's own assurances borrow
The promise that Jesus has given:
That life has in death its beginning.

2 As seed in the springtime is planted,
And rests in the earth until granted
God's blessing of warmth and of showers,
And blossoms in leaflets and flowers;

3 So we, amid sorrow and weeping,
Committed, O earth, to thy keeping,
Shall, given new life and perfection,
Come forth in the great resurrection. A-men.

4 O Lord, at thy coming in glory,
When all shall bow down and adore thee,
Then forth from the tomb's open portal,
O lead us to mansions immortal.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Despair not, O heart, in thy sorrow
• Author: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348 - 413
• Translator: Edward Traill Horn III, b. 1909
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Life In Christ: Life Everlasting; Sacraments and Rites: Burial of the Dead

Tune Information

• Name: IAM MOESTA
• Meter: 9 9, 9 9.
• Key: F Major