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A HYMN FOR EASTER DAY by JOHN BYROM

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First Line: THE LORD IS RISEN! HE, WHO CAME
Last Line: CHO. WORTHY OF ALL POW'R AND PRAISE, &C.
Subject(s): EASTER; HOLIDAYS; JESUS CHRIST; RELIGION; RESURRECTION, THE; SALVATION; THE RESURRECTION; THEOLOGY;
THE Lord @3is risen!@1 He, who came
To suffer death and conquer too,
Is risen; let our song proclaim
The praise to man's REDEEMER due:
To Him, whom God, in tender LOVE,
Always alike to bless inclin'd,
Sent to redeem us, from above;
To @3save@1, to @3sanctify@1 mankind.

CHORUS.

@3Worthy of all pow'r and praise,
He who died and rose again;
Lamb of God,—and slain to raise
Man, to life redeem'd—@1AMEN.

That life, which Adam ceas'd to live,
When to this world he turn'd his heart,
And to his children @3could@1 not give,
The SECOND ADAM @3can@1 impart.
We, on our earthly parent's side,
Could but receive a life of earth;
The Lord from Heaven,—He liv'd, and died,
And rose, to give us heav'nly birth.

CHO. @3Worthy of all pow'r and praise, & c.@1

This mortal life, this living death,
Shews that in Adam we all die;
In CHRIST we have immortal breath,
And life's @3unperishing@1 supply:
HE took our nature, and sustain'd
The @3mis'ries@1 of its sinful state;
@3Sinless@1 HIMSELF, for us regain'd
To Paradise an open gate.

CHO. @3Worthy of all pow'r and praise, &c.@1

As Adam rais'd a life of sin,
So Christ, the serpent-bruising Seed,
By God's appointment could begin
The birth, in US, of LIFE indeed.
He did begin; parental head,
As @3Adam@1 fell, so JESUS stood;
Fulfill'd all righteousness, and said
"'TIS FINISH'D!"—on the sacred wood.

CHO. @3Worthy of all pow'r and praise, &c.@1

Finish'd his work, to quench the wrath
That sin had brought on Adam's race;
To pave the @3sole@1 and certain path
From @3nature's@1 life, to that of @3grace.@1
For joy of @3this@1, GOD'S only SON
Endur'd the cross, despis'd the shame,
And gave the victory, so won,
For imitating LOVE to claim.

CHO. @3Worthy of all pow'r and praise, &c.@1

To tread the path that Jesus trod,
Aided by Him, be our employ;
To @3die@1 to sin, and @3live@1 to God,
And yield him the fair purchas'd joy:
To all the laws that love has made
Steadfast, unshaken, to attend;
He died, He rose, Himself our aid,—
@3Lo! I am with you to the end.@1

CHO. @3Worthy of all pow'r and praise, &c.@1



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