A Collection of Evangelical Hymns ‎#CXCIV

CXCIV. Victory over Death

1 When death appears before my sight
In all his dire array,
Unequal to the dreadful fight,
My courage dies away.

2 But see my glorious leader nigh!
My Lord, my Saviour, lives;
Before him death's pale terrors fly,
And my faint heart revives.

3 He left his dazzling throne above,
He met the tyrant's dart,
And (O, amazing power of love!)
Receiv'd it in his heart.

4 No more, O grim destroyer, boast
Thy universal sway;
To heaven-born souls thy sting is lost,
Thy night, the gates of gay.

5 Lord, I commit my soul to thee,
Accept the sacred trust,
Receive this nobler part of me,
And watch my sleeping dust;

6 Till that illustrious morning come,
when all thy saints shall rise,
And, cloth'd in full immortal blood,
Attend thee to the skies.

7 When thy triumphant armies sing
The honours of thy name,
And Heaven's eternal arches ring
With glory to the Lamb;

8 O let me join the raptur'd lays,
And, with the blissful throng,
Resound salvation, power, and praise,
In everlasting song.

Text Information

• First Line: When death appears before my sight
• Title: Victory over Death
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1793
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 15:57
• Topic: Time and Eternity
• Notes: Public Domain.

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