Victory over death. <br /> <br />1 Cor. 15:55ff <br /> <br />O for an overcoming faith <br />To cheer my dying hours; <br />To triumph o'er the monster Death, <br />And all his frightful powers! <br /> <br />Joyful with all the strength I have <br />My quiv'ring lips should sing- <br />Where is thy boasted vict'ry, Grave? <br />And where the monster's sting? <br /> <br />If sin be pardoned, I'm secure, <br />Death hath no sting beside; <br />The law gives sin its damning power; <br />But Christ, my ransom, died. <br /> <br />Now to the God of victory <br />Immortal thanks be paid, <br />Who makes us conquerors while we die, <br />Through Christ our living head.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hymn-17/
