Hymn: The grave itself a garden is
- Title: The grave itself a garden is
- First Line: The grave itself a garden is
- Hymnal: The Hymnal: Revised and Enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892
- Denomination: (Protestant) Episcopal Church
- Publisher: The Century Co.
- Publication Date: 1894
Author(s)
- Author Name: Christopher Wordsworth
- Born: 1807
- Died: 1855
- Gender: M
Full Text
1 The grave itself a garden is, Where loveliest flowers abound; Since Christ, our never-fading life, Sprang from that holy ground. 2 Oh, give us grace to die to sin, That we, O Lord, may have A holy, happy rest in Thee, A Sabbath in the grave. 3 Thou, Lord, baptized in Thine own blood, And buried in the grave, Didst raise Thyself to endless life, Omnipotent to save. 4 Baptized into Thy death we died, And buried were with Thee, That we might live with Thee to God, And ever blest might be. 5 Lord, through the grave and gate of death May we, with Thee, arise To an eternal Easter-Day, Of glory in the skies. Amen.