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He hath abolished death.
2 Tim. 1:10.
The Saviour risen to-day we praise,
In concert with the blest;
For now we see his work complete,
And enter into rest.
2 On this first day a brighter scene
Of glory was displayed
By the Creating Word, than when
The universe was made.
3 He rises who mankind has bought
With grief and pain extreme:
’Twas great to speak the world from nought,
’Twas greater to redeem.
4 How vain the stone, the watch, the seal!
Nought can forbid his rise:
’Tis he who shuts the gates of hell,
And opens Paradise.