6121 Peter 1:3-5CM
BLEST be the everlasting God,
   The Father of our Lord!
Be His abounding mercy praised,
    His majesty adored!
 
2  When from the dead He raised His Son,
    And called Him to the sky,
He gave our souls a lively hope
    That they should never die.
 
3  What though our inbred sins require
    Our flesh to see the dust;
Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose,
    So all His followers must.
 
4  There’s an inheritance divine
    Reserved against that Day;
’Tis uncorrupted, undefiled,
    And cannot fade away.
 
5  Saints by the power of God are kept
    Till their salvation come;
We walk by faith, as strangers here,
    Till Christ shall call us home.
 
Isaac Watts, 1674-1748