It Is Finished (Gillett)

It is fin­ished! Christ hath known

All the life of men way­far­ing;

Human joys and sor­rows shar­ing

Making hu­man needs His own.

Lord

in us Thy life re­new­ing

Lead us where Thy feet have trod

Till

the way of truth pur­su­ing

Human souls find rest in God.

It is fin­ished! Christ is slain

On the al­tar of cre­ation

Offering for a world’s sal­va­tion

Sacrifice of love and pain.

Lord

Thy love through pain re­veal­ing

Purge our pas­sions

scourge our vice

Till

upon the tree of heal­ing

Self is slain in sac­ri­fice.

It is fin­ished! Christ our king

Wins the vic­tor’s crown of glo­ry;

Sun and stars re­cite His sto­ry

Floods and fields His tri­umph sing.

Lord

whose praise the world is tell­ing

Lord

to whom all pow­er is giv­en

By Thy death

hell’s ar­mies quell­ing

Bring Thy saints to reign in Heav’n.