1 Ere yet the dawn hath filled the skies
Behold my Saviour Christ arise;
He chaseth from us sin and night,
And brings us joy and life and light.

2 O stronger Thou than death and hell,
Where is the foe Thou canst not quell!
What heavy stone Thou canst not roll
From off the prisoned suff'ring soul?

3 If Jesus lives can I be sad?
I know He loves me, and am glad:
Though all the world were dead to me,
Enough, O Christ, if I have Thee!

4 He feeds me, comforts and defends,
And when I die His angels sends
To bear me whither He is gone,
For of His own He loseth none.

5 No more to fear or grief I bow,
God and the angels love me now;
The joys prepared for me to-day
Drive fear and mourning far away.

Amen.