BLEST be the everlasting God,

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.

What though our inbred sins require Our flesh to see the dust; Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose, So all His followers must.

There’s an inheritance divine Reserved against that Day; ’Tis uncorrupted, undefiled, And cannot fade away.

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.