ELHB Hymn 534
And must this body die
Isaac Watts (1707)
Hymn Text
534. And must this body die
Text and metadata are organized from Hymnary’s ELHB index pages and ELHL1918 instance pages.
1 And must this body die,
This mortal frame decay?
And must these active limbs of mine
Lie mouldering in the clay?
This mortal frame decay?
And must these active limbs of mine
Lie mouldering in the clay?
2 God, my Redeemer lives,
And ever from the skies
Looks down and watches all my dust,
Till He shall bid it rise.
And ever from the skies
Looks down and watches all my dust,
Till He shall bid it rise.
3 Arrayed in glorious grace
Shall these vile bodies shine,
And every shape, and every face,
Look heavenly and divine.
Shall these vile bodies shine,
And every shape, and every face,
Look heavenly and divine.
4 These lively hopes we owe
To Jesus' dying love:
We would adore His grace below
And sing His power above.
To Jesus' dying love:
We would adore His grace below
And sing His power above.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #534