J ESUS lives! O mighty Wonder!
See the Lamb once slain arise:
Bands of death He bursts in sunder,
Soars aloft through clouds and skies.
Now the rushing Wind is blowing,
Cloven tongues on men abide,—
Life and Light and Joy for ever
Flowing from the C RUCIFIED .

J ESUS lives! Death's sole destroyer,
Dead, and yet alive, is He;
Stone, and seal, and linen grave-clothes,
Tell the tale of Victory.
Through the wall of rock-hewn cavern,
Swift as sunbeam through the glass,
See the S AVIOUR , Death's destroyer,
See our conquering Hero, pass.

J ESUS lives! All hell is trembling,
Finding now, in dire alarm,
Gates of brass and bars of iron
Shattered by His holy arm.
Throw the dungeon doors wide open,
Let the longing prisoners go!
C HRIST leads on: His ransomed follow,
Shouting triumph o'er the foe.

J ESUS lives! And we, His members,
Wherefore should we fear to die?
Graves are but our waiting chambers,
Till the Bridegroom draweth nigh.
Therefore let our loins be girded,
Trimmed our lamps, and burning bright;
Hark the cry:—“Go forth to meet Him,
All ye children of the Light!”

J ESUS lives! Why then be anxious
Where we lie in our long sleep?
Towns, or plains, or hills, or valleys,
Desert wild, or ocean deep,
All are known to G OD who made them,
All to Him are holy ground;
All shall hail the Angel reapers,
When the Judgment trump shall sound.

J ESUS lives! His life partaking,
All His Saints with Him shall rise;
Death can only, to the faithful,
Ope the doors of Paradise.
Here our nearest and our dearest,
One by one, are gone before;
There shall soon their swelling number
Welcome us, to part no more.

J ESUS lives! O King of Glory,
Reigning on Thy royal throne,
Dying mortals, we implore Thee,
S AVIOUR , leave us not alone!
Soon, from land and sea, O call us,—
Call Thy wandering children Home;
Even so, Thou King of Glory,
Come, Lord J ESU , quickly come!