This rending earth shall shake;
The opening graves shall yield their dead,
And dust to life awake.”
“Thou art gone to the grave:
We no longer behold thee,
Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy side,
But the wide arms of mercy are spread to enfold thee,
And sinners may die, for the Saviour has died.”
“Beneath this stone, in death’s embrace,
Thy body finds a resting place;