"Now Lay We Calmly in the Grave"
                      by Martin Luther, 1483-1546
                              Text From:
                    EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN HYMN-BOOK
        (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1927), pp. 494-495



        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 forever lives 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 blessed 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 do mourn and weep,
        And calmly shall his body sleep.
        'Tis 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,
        For death may seize us everywhere.

        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.

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        Notes:
        Hymn #538 from Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book
        Author: M. Weiss, 1531 (stanzas 1-7)
        Author: Martin Luther (stanza 8)
        Translated by: Catherine Windworth, a.
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