Psalms & Hymns
Hymn 614
I KNOW that my Redeemer lives;
LM (Another hymn with the same first line appears as No. 590)
I KNOW that my Redeemer lives; This thought transporting pleasure gives, And standing, at the latter day On earth His glories will display.
And though this present mortal frame Sinks to the dust, from where it came— Though buried in the silent tomb Where years and nature shall consume . . .
Yet on that happy rising morn, New life this body shall adorn; My active powers refined shall be, And God, my Saviour, I shall see.
My new-created form shall rise, Adapted for the earth and skies; A body earthly, yet sublime, Above restraints of flesh and time.
These wondering eyes shall glories view Unfolding, and for ever new; And this new tongue shall ever sing In praise of my Redeemer-King.
Based on John Williams, 1817-99