Sorrows past and sins forgiven,--
Here they lay their burthen down,
Hallowed and made meet for heaven.
3Yes! the Christian's course is run;
Ended is the glorious strife;
Fought the fight, the work is done;
Death is swallowed up in life.
4When from flesh the spirit freed
Hastens homeward to return,
Mortals cry, "A man is dead!"