Hymnal: A Collection of Evangelical Hymns #CXCIV (1793) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:57 First Line: When death appears before my sight Lyrics: 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. Topics: Time and Eternity Languages: English
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