He paid the debt, and I am free!

Now, Death, thy sling I will defy!

For, lo, I see my Saviour nigh

Draw near, O Death, and strike the blow,

And let me to my Saviour go.

Glory to God! I now do see,

That death becomes a friend to me,

To take me from a world of woe;

Then let me to my Saviour go!

Now O my friends, whom I hold dear,