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2 Jesus, my Redeemer, lives!
I, too, unto life shall waken;
He will have me where He is:

Should my courage then be shaken?
Should I fear? Or can the Head
Rise and leave its members dead?

3 Nay, too closely am I bound

Unto Him by hope forever;

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 shall see God with these eyes,
Shall behold my blessed Savior;
I, the selfsame, shall arise,

In my flesh see God forever;
Then shall wholly disappear
Frailties that oppress me here.

5 What now sickens, mourns, and sighs,
Christ with Him to glory bringeth;
Earthly is the seed and dies,

Heavenly from the grave it springeth;
Glorified we then shall rise

To our mansions in the skies.

6 Savior, draw away our heart

Now from pleasures base and hollow,
Let us there with Thee have part,
Here on earth Thy footsteps follow.
Fix our hearts beyond the skies,
Whither we ourselves would rise.

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O'er the dis-tant mountains breaking, Comes the reddening dawn of day;

Rise, my soul, from sleep a - wak-ing, Rise, and sing, and watch, and pray;

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Soon will the heavenly Bridegroom come; Ye wedding-guests, draw near,

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And blest is he whose loins are girt, whose lamp is burn-ing bright;

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2 Do thou, my soul, beware, beware lest thou in sleep sink down,
Lest thou be given o'er to death, and lose the golden crown;
But see that thou be sober, with a watchful eye, and thus
Cry, "Holy, holy, holy God, have mercy upon us!"

3 That day, the day of fear, shall come; my soul, slack not thy toil,
But light thy lamp, and feed it well, and make it bright with oil;
Thou knowest not how soon may sound the cry at eventide,

"Behold, the Bridegroom comes! Arise! He comes to meet the Bride!"

4 Beware, my soul! take thou good heed lest thou in slumber lie,
And, like the five, remain without, and knock, and vainly cry;
But watch, and bear thy lamp undimmed, and Christ shall gird thee on
His own bright wedding robe of light,-the glory of the Son.

(Greek) Anon.

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Death in all this world pre-vail-eth: Hu-man life, a sum-mer flower;

Blooms at morn, at

е- ven fail-eth, But there comes a brighter hour.

When o'er death shall rise vic - to-rious, And ap-pear in forms more glorious,

To a bet ter life re-stored,

Who have loved and served their Lord.

2 Jesus yielded up His spirit,
And His ransomed people gain
Life eternal by His merit;

Death has armed his sting in vain.
For the unfettered soul ascendeth
To the world which never endeth,
There without a veil to see
God's true face eternally.

3 There is life that knows no sadness,
There, a numberless array,
White-robed denizens of gladness,
Unto God their homage pay:

Choir aloud to choir rejoices,
Seraphs with delighted voices
Holy, holy, holy, sing

To their Triune God and King. 4 There the patriarchs abiding,

There the prophets all have rest, There the noble twelve residing

In their Master's love are blest; There the saints in holy splendor To the Lamb their praises render, Harping sweet in solemn strains "Hallelujah! Jesus reigns."

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