Jesus, the Rising Lord of All

Jesus

the ris­ing Lord of all

His love to man com­mends

Poor worms He blush­es not to call

His breth­ren and His friends.

Who base­ly all for­sook their Lord

In His dis­tress

and fled

To these He sends the joy­ful word

When ris­en from the dead.

“Go tell the vile de­sert­ers!—No:

My dear­est breth­ren tell

Their ad­vo­cate to Heav’n I go

To res­cue them from hell.

“Lo! to My Fa­ther I as­cend!

Your Fa­ther now is He

My God

and yours

whoe’er de­pend

For end­less life on Me.

“Henceforth I ev­er live ab­ove

For you to in­ter­cede

The mer­it of My dy­ing love

For all man­kind to plead.

Sinners

I rose again to show

Your sins are all for­giv’n

And mount above the skies

that you

May fol­low Me to Heav’n.