Hymn: Thou sore-oppress'd
- Title: Thou sore-oppress'd
- First Line: Thou sore-oppress'd
- Hymnal: Chorale Book for England, The
- Denomination: Anglican
- Publisher: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- Publication Date: 1863
Author(s)
- Author Name: Catherine Winkworth
- Born: 1827
- Died: 1878
- Gender: F
- Author Name: Viktor Strauss
- Born: 1809
- Died: 1899
- Gender: M
Full Text
Thou sore-oppress'd, The Sabbath rest In yon still grave art keeping! All thy labour now is done, Past is all Thy weeping! The strife is o'er, Nought hurts Thee more, The heart at last hath slumber'd, That in conflict sore for us Bore our sins unnumber'd. Thou awful tomb, Once fill'd with gloom! How blessed and how holy Art thou now, since in the grave Slept the Saviour lowly! How calm and blest The dead now rest Who in the Lord departed! All their works do follow them, Yes, they sleep glad-hearted. O lead us Thou To rest e'en now, With all who, sorely anguish'd 'Neath the burden of their sins, Long in woe have languish'd. O Blessed Rock! Soon grant Thy flock To see Thy Sabbath morning! Strife and pain will all be past When that day is dawning.