A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) ‎#845

845. The Resurrection

1 The praise of Christ, ye Christians, sound;
His mighty acts be told;
Death has received a deadly wound;
He takes, but cannot hold.

2 [Clipped are the greedy vulture’s claws;
No more we dread his power;
He gapes with adamantine jaws,
And grins, but can’t devour.]

3 Believers in their darksome graves
Shall start, to light restored;
Forsake their monumental caves,
And mount to meet the Lord.

4 Not long in ground the dying grain
Is hid, or lies forlorn;
But soon revives, and springs again,
And comes to standing corn.

5 So, waking from the womb of earth,
Where Christ has lain before,
And bursting to a better birth,
We rise to die no more.

6 The wicked, too, shall rise again,
The difference will be this:
They rise to everlasting pain,
And saints to endless bliss.

Text Information

• First Line: The praise of Christ, ye Christians sound
• Title: The Resurrection
• Author: Hart
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1844

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