 | CHAPTER XV. The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley |  |
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[The world in darkness lies]
There was darkness over the . . . land.
—xv. 33.
The world in darkness lies,
While its Redeemer dies;
Sin had long the earth o'erspread,
Error gross and palpable,
Circumfused its deadly shade,
Wrapp'd them in the gloom of hell.
While its Redeemer dies;
Sin had long the earth o'erspread,
Error gross and palpable,
Circumfused its deadly shade,
Wrapp'd them in the gloom of hell.
But Jesus on the tree
Hath made the shadows flee,
Dying He restored the day,
Scatter'd sin's infernal night,
Chased the ignorance away,
Brought immortal life to light.
Hath made the shadows flee,
Dying He restored the day,
Scatter'd sin's infernal night,
Chased the ignorance away,
Brought immortal life to light.
His last tremendous groan
Hath Satan's realms o'erthrown:
On that third triumphant morn
See the heavenly kingdom come,
See the Light of Life return,
Glory issuing from the tomb!
Hath Satan's realms o'erthrown:
On that third triumphant morn
See the heavenly kingdom come,
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Glory issuing from the tomb!
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