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O HUMBLE souls who seek the Lord, Chase all your fears away; And bow with rapture down to see The place where Jesus lay. |
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2 | Thus low the Lord of life was brought; (Such wonders love can do!) Thus cold in death that body lay, Which throbbed and bled for you. |
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3 | But raise your eyes, and tune your songs: The Saviour lives again; Not all the bolts and bars of death The Conqueror could detain. |
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4 | High o’er th’angelic bands He rears His once dishonoured head; And through unnumbered years He reigns, Who dwelt among the dead. |
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5 | With joy like His shall every saint His vacant tomb survey; Then rise with his ascending Lord To realms of endless day. |
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Philip Doddridge, 1702-51 |