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AN HYMN FOR EASTER DAY.
I.
The Lord
is risen! He who came
To suffer Death, and conquer too,
Is risen! Let our Song proclaim
The Praise to Man's Redeemer due:—
To suffer Death, and conquer too,
Is risen! Let our Song proclaim
The Praise to Man's Redeemer due:—
To Him Whom God in tender
Love,
Always alike to bless inclin'd,
Sent to redeem us from above;
To save, to sanctify Mankind!
Always alike to bless inclin'd,
Sent to redeem us from above;
To save, to sanctify Mankind!
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Chorus.
Worthy of all Pow'r and PraiseHE Who died and rose again,
Lamb of GOD, and slain to raise
MAN, to Life redeem'd!—Amen.
II.
That Life which Adam ceas'd to live,
When to this World he turn'd his Heart,
And to his Children could not give,
The Second Adam can impart.
When to this World he turn'd his Heart,
And to his Children could not give,
The Second Adam can impart.
We, on our earthly Parent's Side,
Could but receive a Life of Earth;
The Lord from Heaven, He liv'd, and died,
And rose, to give us Heav'nly Birth.
Could but receive a Life of Earth;
The Lord from Heaven, He liv'd, and died,
And rose, to give us Heav'nly Birth.
Cho.
Worthy of all Pow'r and Praise, &c.III.
This mortal Life, this living Death,
Shows that in Adam we all die;
In Christ we have Immortal Breath
And Life's Unperishing Supply.
Shows that in Adam we all die;
In Christ we have Immortal Breath
And Life's Unperishing Supply.
HE took our Nature, and sustain'd
The Mis'ries of its sinful State;
Sinless Himself, for Us regain'd
To Paradise an Open Gate.
The Mis'ries of its sinful State;
Sinless Himself, for Us regain'd
To Paradise an Open Gate.
Cho.
Worthy of all Pow'r and Praise, &c.43
IV.
As Adam rais'd a Life of Sin,
So Christ, the Serpent-bruising Seed,
By God's Appointment could begin
The Birth in Us of Life indeed.
So Christ, the Serpent-bruising Seed,
By God's Appointment could begin
The Birth in Us of Life indeed.
He did begin, Parental Head;—
As Adam fell, so Jesus stood;
Fulfill'd all Righteousness, and said,
“'Tis finish'd!” on the Sacred Wood.
As Adam fell, so Jesus stood;
Fulfill'd all Righteousness, and said,
“'Tis finish'd!” on the Sacred Wood.
Cho.
Worthy of all Pow'r and Praise, &c.V.
Finish'd His Work, to quench the Wrath
That Sin had brought on Adam's Race;
To pave the Sole and Certain Path
From Nature's Life to that of Grace!
That Sin had brought on Adam's Race;
To pave the Sole and Certain Path
From Nature's Life to that of Grace!
For Joy of this, God's Only Son
Endur'd the Cross, despis'd the Shame,
And gave the Victory so won,
For imitating Love to claim.
Endur'd the Cross, despis'd the Shame,
And gave the Victory so won,
For imitating Love to claim.
Cho.
Worthy of all Pow'r and Praise, &c.VI.
To tread the Path that Jesus trod,
Aided by Him, be our Employ;
To die to Sin, and live to God,
And yield him the fair-purchas'd Joy;
Aided by Him, be our Employ;
To die to Sin, and live to God,
And yield him the fair-purchas'd Joy;
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To all the Laws that Love has made
Stedfast, unshaken to attend!—
He died, He rose, Himself our Aid,
“Lo! I am with you to the End.”
Stedfast, unshaken to attend!—
He died, He rose, Himself our Aid,
“Lo! I am with you to the End.”
Chorus.
Worthy of all Pow'r and PraiseHE who died and rose again,
Lamb of GOD, and slain to raise
MAN, to Life redeem'd!—Amen.
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