Hymn 17
Victory over death.
1 Cor. 15:55ff
O for an overcoming faith
To cheer my dying hours;
To triumph o’er the monster Death,
And all his frightful powers!
Joyful with all the strength I have
My quiv’ring lips should sing–
Where is thy boasted vict’ry, Grave?
And where the monster’s sting?
If sin be pardoned, I’m secure,
Death hath no sting beside;
The law gives sin its damning power;
But Christ, my ransom, died.
Now to the God of victory
Immortal thanks be paid,
Who makes us conquerors while we die,
Through Christ our living head.
