Hymn

The Grave Shall Restore Its Trust

Metre 8.8.8.8

Unvail thy bosom, faithful tomb;

Take this new treasure to thy trust

And give these sacred relics room

To slumber in the quiet dust.

Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear,

Invades thy bounds; no mortal woes

Can reach the peaceful sleeper here,

While angels watch the soft repose.

So Jesus slept; God's dying Son

Passed through the grave, and blessed the bed:

Rest here, blest saint, till from his throne

The morning break, and pierce the shade.

The Grave Shall Restore Its Trust — Text from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, 1886. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-grave-shall-restore-its-trust

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Questions about this hymn

Who wrote The Grave Shall Restore Its Trust?

The words of The Grave Shall Restore Its Trust were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1886. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including God of the Gentiles and The Gospel Feast.

Is The Grave Shall Restore Its Trust public domain?

Yes. The words here are taken from The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book, published in 1886. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.

What is the metre of The Grave Shall Restore Its Trust?

The Grave Shall Restore Its Trust is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Longing after God; or The Love of God Better than Life, The Gospel of Christ and Balm in Gilead, and a Good Physician There.