Classic Poem

R ESURRECTION Tune .

The Lord himself of life
Hath taught our souls this way;
And why should human strife
Teach us to disobey?
When he went up from Jordan's flood,
There met in one the Triune God.

What God himself approves,
Who can or dare deny?
Come, every soul that loves
At Jesu's feet to lie,
Before his throne perform his will,
For there he sits commanding still.

Till time itself shall end,
I am, he says, with you;
Your faithful God and Friend,
Still to my promise true:
Believe my word, obey my voice,
And you shall in my ways rejoice.

Hear then, ye ransom'd sheep,
Your Shepherd speaks from heav'n;
And his commandment keep
By whom your sin's so giv'n:
Constrain'd by his redeeming love,
Your love to your Redeemer prove.

You bear his sacred name,
And glory in his grace;
And can you think it shame
To walk in all his ways?
To follow him who leads your way
To regions of eternal day?