Scripture Verse

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 1 Corinthians 15:55

Introduction

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William Croft (1678–1727)

Words: John Swert­ner, 1789.

Music: St. Mat­thew Will­iam Croft, 1708 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Swert­ner (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Believing souls, re­joice and sing,
Your ris­en Sav­ior see,
And say, O death, where is thy sting!
O grave, thy vic­to­ry?

Rejoice, your con­quer­ing Sav­ior lives,
He lives to die no more;
And life eter­nal free­ly gives,
Since He our sor­rows bore.

Sing prais­es to our ris­en Lord;
Life, im­mor­ta­li­ty,
And last­ing bliss are now re­stored
For all, for you and me;
Believe the won­drous deed, my soul,
Adore His sav­ing name;
Rejoice, ye saints, from pole to pole,
His love and pow­er pro­claim.

The Prince of glo­ry bowed His head,
Expiring on the cross;
But now the Lord is ris­en indeed,
Is ris­en and lives for us;
Rejoice, and in the dust adore
The Lamb for sin­ners slain;
He liv­eth now and ev­er­more,
For ev­er­more to reign.