The following hymn is very commonly used at
funerals or at Easter services:--
THE RESURRECTION.
9,6,5,7+4
Aufterstehn, ja aufterstehn wirst du
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
trans. by Catherine Winkworth, 1869
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Rise again! yes, rise again wilt thou
My dust, though buried now!
To life immortal
Is this brief rest the portal:
Hallelujah!
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For the seed is sown again to bloom
Whene'er the Lord shall come,
His harvest reaping
In us who now are sleeping:
Hallelujah!
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Day of praise, of joyful tears the Day,
Thou of my God the Day,
When I shall number
My destined years of slumber,
Thou wakenest me!
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Then shall we be like to those that dream,
When on us breaks the beam
Of that blest morrow;
The weary pilgrim's sorrow
Is then no more.
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Then the Saviour leads us of His grace
Into the Holiest Place,
Where we for ever
Shall praise His Name who doth deliver!
Hallelujah!
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