Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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Ernst W. Olson (1870–1958)

Words: Er­ik G. Gei­jer, 1819. Trans­lat­ed from Swed­ish to Eng­lish by Ernst W. Ol­son (1870–1958).

Music: För­loss­ning­en Är Vun­nen Ger­man En­chi­ri­di­on, 1524 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know the orig­in­al Swed­ish ti­tle, or where to get a bet­ter pho­to of Ol­son,

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Erik G. Geijer (1783–1847)

Lyrics

In tri­umph our Re­deem­er
Is now to life re­turned.
All praise to Him who, dy­ing,
Hath our sal­va­tion earned!
No more death’s fet­ter galls us,
The grave no more ap­palls us,
For Je­sus lives again.

In glo­ry Thou ap­pear­est,
And earth is filled with light;
With re­sur­rect­ion ra­di­ance
The ve­ry tomb is bright;
There’s joy in heav’n­ly places
When o’er all earth­ly rac­es
The dawn of mer­cy breaks.

Teach me with Thee to suf­fer,
With Thee to live and die,
In tri­al and temp­ta­tion
On Thy help to re­ly.
To them alone who suf­fered
With Thee the palm is of­fered
When our last fight is won.

When in the morn­ing watch­es
Of that last day of dread
Thou com­est in Thy glo­ry
To judge both quick and dead,
How sweet Thy pro­mise spok­en,
Thyself the liv­ing to­ken,
That death shall be no more.