Text: | Going Down to the Grave |
Tune: | [Going down to the grave, with no hope in thy heart] |
Composer: | Rev. Geo. Orbin |
1 Going down to the grave, with no hope in thy heart,
That thy God will receive thee all guilt as thou art;
Life’s sunshine extinguished with faltering tread,
In darkness and doubt going down to the dead.
Refrain:
Oh, turn to thy God
Who dwelleth on high,
Come trusting his word,
And thou shalt not die.
2 Going down to the grave, in the blackness of night,
No star-beam of love from the Father of light;
No Savior’s sweet presence and promise to save;
A stranger to God, going down to the grave. [Refrain]
3 No God and no hope, where, oh, where is thy stay?
Thy Savior long pleading turns not yet away;
His sad eye will pity, his strong arm can save,
Why then in thine own strength go down to the grave. [Refrain]
4 Thine hours of gay pleasure ere long will be o’er,
A dark gulf awaits thee, its mad waters roar;
Too late thou wilt call on the Mighty to save,
When thy pray’r shall be lost in eternity’s grave. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Going down to the grave, with no hope in thy heart |
Title: | Going Down to the Grave |
Refrain First Line: | Oh, turn to thy God |
Publication Date: | 1892 |
Topic: | Awakening; Solo |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Going down to the grave, with no hope in thy heart] |
Composer: | Rev. Geo. Orbin |