4. This is a sight that gladdens
And fills my heart with glee;
Now naught whatever saddens
My soul, nor takes from me
My happy, cheerful mood,
Or any precious good
Which by His victory
Christ Jesus gained for me.
5. I fear nor hell nor devil,
They of their power are shorn,
I'm ever free from evil,
And sin I laugh to scorn.
Grim death with all its might
Cannot my soul affright,
It is an empty form,
How e'er it rage and storm.
6. The world against me rageth, Its fury I disdain;
The war whiche'er it wageth
Against me, is in vain.
No trouble troubles me,
My heart from care is free,
For in the darkest night
I see the brightest light.
7. I cleave now and forever
To Christ, a member true,
My Head will leave me never,
Whate'er He passeth through;
He treads the world beneath
His feet, and conquers death
And hell, and breaks sin's thrall;
I follow him through all.
8. To glory He ascendeth,
I follow Him fore'er,
For He, my Head, defendeth
His member from all care;
No enemy I fear,
While He, my Head, is near;
My Saviour is my shield,
By Him all rage is stilled.
9. He to the gates me leadeth
Of yon fair realms of light,
Whereon the pilgrim readeth
In golden letters bright:
"Who there are scorned with me,
With me here crowned shall be;
Who there with me shall die,
Shall here be raised as I!"
1. JESUS Christ, my sure Defence
And my Saviour, ever liveth;
Knowing this, my confidence
Rests upon the hope it giveth,
Though the night of death be fraught
Still with many an anxious thought.
2. Jesus, my Redeemer, lives!
I, too, unto life must waken;
Endless joys my Saviour gives;
Shall my courage then be shaken?
Shall I fear? Or could the Head
Rise and leave His members dead?
3. Nay, too closely am I bound
Unto Him by hope for ever;
Faith's strong hand the Rock hath found,
Grasped it, and will leave it never;
Not the ban of death can part
From its Lord the trusting heart.
4. I am only flesh and blood,
And on this corruption seizeth,
But I know, my Lord and God
From the grave my body raiseth,
That with him eternally
In His glory I may be.
5. Glorified I shall again
Be with this my skin enshrouded,
In my body I shall then
See the Lord with eyes unclouded,
I in this my flesh shall see
Jesus Christ eternally.
6. I shall see Him with these eyes,
And shall know my Lord and Saviour,
Not another shall I rise,
I shall see and love Him ever;
Only there shall disappear
Weakness in and round me here.
7. What here sickens, mourns, and sighs, Christ with Him in glory bringeth; Earthly is the seed, and dies,
Heavenly from the grave it springeth;
Natural is the death we die,
Spiritual, our life on High.
8. Then take comfort, nay, rejoice,
For His members Christ will cherish;
Fear not, they will know His voice,
Though awhile they seem to perish,
When the final trump is heard,
And the deaf, cold grave is stirred.
9. Laugh to scorn the gloomy grave,
And at death no longer tremble,
For the Lord who comes to save,
Round Him shall His saints assemble,
Raising them o'er all their foes,
Mortal weakness, fear, and woes.
10. Only draw away your heart
Now from pleasures base and hollow;
Would ye there with Christ have part,
Here His footsteps ye must follow;
Fix your heart beyond the skies,
Whither ye yourselves would rise!
Louisa Henrietta of Brandenburg.
1. CHRIST the Lord is risen to-day,
Sons of men and angels say.
Raise your joys and triumph high;
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.
2. Love's redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Lo! the Sun's eclipse is o'er;
Lo! He sets in blood no more.
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