Soon Shall the Trump of God

Soon shall the trump of God
Give out the welcome sound,
That shakes death’s silent chamber walls,
And breaks the turf-sealed ground.

You dwellers in the dust,
Awake, come forth, and sing;
Sharp has your frost of winter been,
But bright shall be your spring.

’Twas sown in weakness here;
’Twill then be raised in power;
That which was sown an earthly seed
Shall rise a heav’nly flower.

Author: Reginald Heber

Year: 1827

This hymn on the resurrection is taken from Reginald Heber's posthumous collection Hymns Written and Adapted to the Weekly Church Service of the Year (1827). It is sometimes titled "The Resurrection of the Dead" and appears under that heading in the original edition.