The pow­er of death is brok­en,
Its ter­rors for­ev­er past,
For Je­sus who died to save us
Its por­tals hath safe­ly passed;
He left in the vale of sha­dows
A light that shall not grow dim,
To guide who­so­ev­er fol­lows
In safe­ty and peace to Him.

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Rejoice! re­joice!
The Re­deem­er who once was slain,
The pow­er of dark­ness con­quered,
Is ris­en, and lives again.

He took on Him­self our bur­den,
The debt of our sin He paid;
Our sor­rows He bore, and ev­en
Our stripes up­on Him were laid.
To earth from a throne of glo­ry,
In mer­cy and love He came—
Was born in a low­ly man­ger,
A world that He might re­claim.

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Gethsemane saw His ang­uish,
And Cal­va­ry heard Him cry:
’Tis fin­ished! O won­drous mer­cy,
That He for the world could die!
But, praise to His name for­ev­er,
Tho’ dead, yet He lives to­day!
All ma­jes­ty, praise and hon­or,
And glo­ry be His for aye.

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