Chorus Let us break their bonds
asunder, and cast away their yokes
from us. Recit Then shall be brought to pass
the saying that is written: Death is
swallowed up in victory.
Recit He that dwelleth in heaven shall
laugh them to scorn; the Lord shall
have them in derision. Duet O death, where is thy sting? O
grave, where is thy victory? The sting
of death is sin, and the strength of sin
is the law.
Air Thou shalt break them with a rod
of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces
like a potter’s vessel.
Chorus But thanks be to God, who
giveth us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ.
Chorus Hallelujah: for the Lord God
Omnipotent reigneth. The kingdon
of this world is become the kingdom
of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He
shall reign for ever and ever. King of
Kings, and Lord of Lords.
Chorus Worthy is the Lamb that was
slain, and hath redeemed us to God
by His blood, to receive power, and
riches, and wisdom, and strength,
and honour, and glory, and blessing.
Blessing and honour, glory and
power, be unto Him that sitteth upon
the throne, and unto the Lamb, for
ever and ever. Amen.
PART THREE
Air I know that my Redeemer liveth,
and that he shall stand at the latter
day upon the earth. And though
worms destroy this body, yet in my
flesh shall I see God. For now is Christ
risen from the dead, the first fruits of
them that sleep.
Chorus Since by man came death, by
man came also the resurrection of the
dead. For as in Adam all die, even so
in Christ shall all be made alive.
Recit Behold, I tell you a mystery; we
shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed in a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the last trumpet.
Air The trumpet shall sound, and the
dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed. For this
corruptible must put on incorruption
and this mortal must put on
immortality.
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