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He hath begotten us to a lively hope.
1 Peter 1:3.
Blessed be the everlasting God,
The Father of our Lord;
Be his abounding mercy praised,
His majesty adored.
2 When from the dead he raised his Son,
And called him to the sky,
He gave our souls a lively hope
That they should never die.
3 What though the first man’s sin requires
Our flesh to see the dust;
Yet, as the Lord our Saviour rose,
So all his followers must.
4 There’s an inheritance divine,
Reserved against that day;
’Tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
And can not fade away!
5 Saints by the power of God are kept,
Till the salvation come;
We walk by faith as strangers here,
Till Christ shall take us home.
Watts.