HYMN CXXVII.
8.8.8.8
James Montgomery
The power of Christ's Resurrection.
Come see the place where Jesus lay, For He hath left his gloomy bed; What angel roll'd the stone away? What spirit brought Him from the dead? | By His omnipotence He rose, By His own Spirit lived again, To crush for ever all His foes, To raise for ever ruin'd men. | Those who His image here partake, Though worms in dust their flesh consume, Shall sleep in Jesus, and awake To life eternal from the tomb. | What shall restore a world from death, Where Satan holds his murderous reign? Spirit of Jesus! With Thy breath Shake the dry bones, revive the slain. | Dead while they live are Adam's race, By nature, since their Father's fall; But, lo! the messengers of grace Proclaim the gospel-hope to all. | 130 Hear it ye dead, of every clime, Before the second death begins; Come forth to this new life in time, This resurrection from your sins. | |