Bless’d be the everlasting God,

the Father of our Lord;

Be his abounding mercy praised,

his majesty adored.

When from the dead he raised his Son,

and called him to the sky,

He gave our souls a lively hope

that they should never die.

To an inheritance divine

he taught our hearts to rise;

’Tis uncorrupted, undefiled,

unfailing in the skies.

Saints by the pow’r of God are kept

till the salvation come:

We walk by faith as strangers here;

but Christ shall call us home.