I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.—John, xi. 25, 26.
Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.—I. Corinthians, xv. 20, 21, 22.
The waking cock, that early crows
To wear the night away,
Puts in my mind the trump that blows
Before the latter day;
And as I rise up lustily,
When sluggish sleep is past,