TRIUMPH.
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.—Exodus, xv. 1.
The triumphing of the wicked is short.—Job, xx. 5.
Thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ.—II. Corinthians, ii. 14.
Hail, Thou! that on this glorious morn didst burst
The bands of death! all hail, incarnate Lord!
First-born of heaven, what time the barren grave
With wondrous throes gave forth Thy present flesh,
In all its incorruptible array
Of majesty and light. Triumphant Lord,
Who, in Thy rising power, didst captive lead
Captivity, and at Thy chariot wheels
The vanquished hosts of hell didst with Thee bring!
Hail, conquering King! Almighty Prince of Life!
First-fruits of those that sleep, in hope assured
Of that bright morning, when the trumpet’s sound
Shall wake the slumbering dead, when from the tomb
Thy quickened saints shall spring to swell Thy strain,
Clad in immortal bloom. Thy angel bands
Attend Thee up the skies with cheerful notes;
We, too, responsive cry “Our God is gone,
Is upward gone.”
S. Stennet.
Rejoice, believer, in the Lord,
Who makes your cause His own;
The hope that’s built upon His word,
Can ne’er be overthrown!
As surely as He overcame,
And triumph’d once for you;
So surely you that love His name,
Shall triumph in Him too!
Newton.
The Lord of Lords has triumphed gloriously.
H. H. Milman.
Humility o’er self victorious,
Of earthly triumphs the most glorious.
William Peter.