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THE EARTHY AND THE HEAVENLY. |
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THE EARTHY AND THE HEAVENLY.
“And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also
bear the image of the heavenly.”
—1 Corinthians, xv. 45.
Can we, in our final change,
Hope this transformation strange,
If we know not, ere that hour,
Grace's renovating power?
Hope this transformation strange,
If we know not, ere that hour,
Grace's renovating power?
If we bear about us still,
Earthy image, carnal will;
When the final trump shall sound,
Earthy we must still be found.
Earthy image, carnal will;
When the final trump shall sound,
Earthy we must still be found.
Flesh and blood cannot inherit
Kingdom of th' immortal Spirit;
Nor can souls corrupt through sin,
Incorruption hope to win.
Kingdom of th' immortal Spirit;
Nor can souls corrupt through sin,
Incorruption hope to win.
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Wouldst thou, then, hereafter be
From the earthy image free,
Christ thy spirit must prepare
One more heavenly here to bear.
From the earthy image free,
Christ thy spirit must prepare
One more heavenly here to bear.
Who such impress would entrust
To the grave's unconscious dust,
Heedless, until life be done,
If the work have been begun?
To the grave's unconscious dust,
Heedless, until life be done,
If the work have been begun?
Seek, oh, seek, ere life shall close,
Him whose Spirit power bestows!
Crave of Him that power to give,
Die to self, through Him to live.
Him whose Spirit power bestows!
Crave of Him that power to give,
Die to self, through Him to live.
They who thus their Lord have known,
Shall his resurrection own;
And their death, when they must die,
Be absorb'd in victory.
Shall his resurrection own;
And their death, when they must die,
Be absorb'd in victory.
Victory over all of earth,
Which once gave its likeness birth,
Conquest won by Him, whose grace
Stamp'd His image in its place.
Which once gave its likeness birth,
Conquest won by Him, whose grace
Stamp'd His image in its place.
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